Document that translate() removes characters in "from" that don't have

a corresponding "to" character.

Author: Josh Kupershmidt
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Alvaro Herrera 2010-10-16 01:11:38 -03:00
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Any character in <parameter>string</parameter> that matches a
character in the <parameter>from</parameter> set is replaced by
the corresponding character in the <parameter>to</parameter>
set
set. If <parameter>from</parameter> is longer than
<parameter>to</parameter>, occurrences of the extra characters in
<parameter>from</parameter> are removed.
</entry>
<entry><literal>translate('12345', '14', 'ax')</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>a23x5</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>translate('12345', '143', 'ax')</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>a2x5</literal></entry>
</row>
</tbody>