@Wide (Formula Language)

Converts half-pitch alphanumeric characters (single-byte characters -- SBCS) in the specified string to full-pitch alphanumeric characters (double-byte characters -- DBCS). This function works in Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and traditional Chinese environments. In the Japanese environment, this function can convert half-pitch Katakana as well.

Note: This @function is new with Release 5.

Syntax

@Wide( string )

Parameters

string

Text or text list. The string you want to convert to double-byte characters.

Return value

returnstring

Text or text list. The string converted to double-byte characters.

Usage

This function can be used in input translation formulas to convert a field's contents to double-byte characters or in computed field formulas to save space for displaying a string.

If the parameter is a list, the function operates on each element of the list, and the return value is a list with the same number of elements.

Examples

  1. This input translation formula returns "Tokyo" as full-pitch characters, if the Location field contains a half-pitch character expression of "Tokyo."
    @Wide(Location)
  2. This computed field formula returns "New York" as full-pitch characters, to save space for displaying the string.
    @Wide("New York")
  3. This computed field formula returns "Tokyo" and "New York" as full-pitch characters, to save space for displaying the string.
    @Wide("Tokyo" : "New York")