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.

returnstring

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

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.

Language cross-reference

StrConv function of LotusScript language

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