RE: %Trim

Yes, I've noticed the same thing (regarding the slowness).  I try to use
%Trim* judiciously.  Regarding the %Trim vs. %Trimr, don't know about
that.

Dave

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> From:         Rob Berendt[SMTP:rob@dekko.com]
> Sent:         Thursday, August 27, 1998 9:09 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      %Trim
> 
> Has anyone noticed how slowwww that %Trim is?   Create an ILE RPG
> program with a alpha variable of 32,767 bytes long.  Perform a %Trim
> operation on that field.  Run it in debug.
> 
> Another thing I've noticed.  There are times when you would think that
> a %Trim should work when you should be using a %TrimR.  For example
> DRecipientDS      DS
> 
> D  RecOffSet              1      4B 0 INZ(0)
> 
> D  AddrLen                5      8B 0 INZ(0)
> 
> D  Format                 9     16    INZ('ADDR0100')
> 
> D  DistrType             17     20B 0 INZ(0)
> 
> D  Reserved              21     24B 0 INZ(0)
> 
> D  Recipient                         Like(RecAddr)
> INZ('rob@dekko.com')
> C                   Eval      RecOffSet = %Len(%Trim(RecipientDS))
>  * In the above RecOffSet will be equal to 29 because the first two
> subfields will be dropped.
> * In the following RecOffSet will be equal to 37.
> C                   Eval      RecOffSet = %Len(%TrimR(RecipientDS))
> 
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