Redefining a column within a view

We have a table which contains a 3 byte column with datatype CHAR(3)
which we want to redefine within the view as a CHAR(1) column and a
CHAR(2) column. When I code the SUBSTR function the resulting column
datatype is TEXT. I would like to see the CHAR datatype, is there
anything I can do to set the proper datatype. The sample view is below:

CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW schema.jeff_view AS

SELECT col1 ,

col2,

Substr(col3,1,1) as col3_part1,

Substr(col3,2) as col3_part2,

col4

FROM schema.jeff_table;

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Jeff

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