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SECTION 1 LESSON 1 - Case and Character Manipulation

This document defines vocabulary terms related to case and character manipulation. It provides definitions for 18 terms including dual, format, initcap, trim, upper, lower, lpad, substr, replace, instr, length, and rpad. The terms describe functions that accept and return character data as well as manipulate the case and formatting of character strings.

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SECTION 1 LESSON 1 - Case and Character Manipulation

This document defines vocabulary terms related to case and character manipulation. It provides definitions for 18 terms including dual, format, initcap, trim, upper, lower, lpad, substr, replace, instr, length, and rpad. The terms describe functions that accept and return character data as well as manipulate the case and formatting of character strings.

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SECTION 1 LESSON 1 Case and Character Manipulation

Vocabulary Directions: Identify the vocabulary word for each definition below.

1.

Dual

Dummy table used to view results from functions and calculations

2.

Format

The arrangement of data for storage or display.

3.

Initcap Converts alpha character values to uppercase for the first letter of each word, all other letters in Lowercase.

4. Character Functions Functions that accept character data as input and can return both character and numeric values.

5.

Trim a string.

Removes all specified characters from either the beginning or the ending of

6.

Expression

A symbol that represents a quantity or a relationship between quantities

7.

Single-row Functions

Functions that operate on single rows only and return one result per row

8.

Upper

Converts alpha characters to upper case

9.

Input

Raw data entered into the computer

10.

Concat Concatenates the first character value to the second character value; equivalent to concatenation operator

11.

Output

Data that is processed into information

12.

Lower

Converts alpha character values to lowercase

13.

Lpad

Pads the left side of a character, resulting in a right-justified value

14.

Substr Returns specific characters from character value starting at a specific character position and going Specified character positions long

15.

Replace

Replaces a sequence of characters in a string with another set of characters.

16.

Instr

Returns the numeric position of a named string.

17.

Length

Returns the number of characters in the expression

18.

Rpad

Pads the right-hand side of a character, resulting in a left- justified value.

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