CONVERT

Syntax	CONVERT( variable, string.expression1, string.expression2 )
Category	BASIC
Type	Function
Description	searches a given variable and replaces each occurrence of a character by another. Any character designated in "string.expression1" is replaced with the corresponding replacement character from "string.expression2". The correspondence is by column position in "string.expression1" and "string.expression2". If the length of "string.expression1" is shorter than the length of "string.expression2", all characters in "string.expression2" beyond the length of "string.expression1" are ignored. If the length of "string.expression1" is longer than the length of "string.expression2", all characters in "string.expression1" beyond the length of "string.expression1" are deleted from the result.
Options
See Also	variables string.expression statements & functions CONVERT EXCHANGE $OPTIONS
Example
Warnings	It is necessary to use a non-default compiler option setting to use this function. Inserting the line "$options ext" at the beginning of the source code accomplishes this.
Compatibility	D3 7.0 R91