RE: Concatenate two strings spacing issue

D field1   50a
D field2   10a
D newfield 60a

Newfield = %trimr(field1) + field2;

Not sure how the trimr isn't working.
I have seen times when it appears that the trailing characters are
blanks but is actually junk data (which prevents it from getting
trimmed).   


Kurt Anderson
Application Developer
Highsmith Inc

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 12:23 PM
To: RPG Group
Subject: Concatenate two strings spacing issue

I know that I can easil concatenate two strings with the CAT function,
however is there a way to eliminate any excess spacing?

In this particular case I have two strings which are 50 and 10 char in
length respectively.....I am concatenating the 10 char to the end of the
50 but there are times where the 50 char string does not have anywhere
close to 50 and I'd like to strip out those spaces if possible.

I have tried using the trimR and TRIML functions but that did not seem
to help.....

Suggestions?


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