RE: %TRIMR

[<BVStone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You're right.  I was thinking of %size.

But will this return the number of characters?  Or will it return the
number of characters from the first non-blank to the last non blank?  In
this case the space after the comma is what I am asking about.
'Toronto, Canada'

Will this be 14 or 15?  I'm guessing 14.  Would %size(%trim($char))
return the real value he was looking for?  

Bradley V. Stone        
bvstone@taylorcorp.com
http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/
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        ----Original Message-----
        From:   Walden Leverich [SMTP:walden@techsoftinc.com]
        Sent:   Friday, March 13, 1998 8:16 AM
        To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
        Subject:        RE: %TRIMR

        Brad,

        Actually on character fields %LEN will return the number of
characters, not
        the field size. To get the field size you need to use %SIZE.

        -Walden

        -----Original Message-----
        From: mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net
        [mailto:mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net]On Behalf
Of
        BVStone@Taylorcorp.com
        Sent: Thursday, March 12, 1998 6:19 PM
        To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
        Subject: RE: %TRIMR



        > -----Original Message-----
        > From: Rbbaird [SMTP:Rbbaird@premsys.com]
        > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 1998 3:22 PM
        > To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
        > Subject:      Re: %TRIMR
        >
        > Darlene K. Brengle wrote:
        >
        > >  LOCATION will have the value '  Toronto, Ontario'.
        >
        > >                   EVAL      LOCATION = %TRIMR('  Toronto,
Ontario
        > ')
        >
        > to right justifify, try this:
        >
        > c            eval     location = *blanks
        > c            eval     $work = %trim('   toronto, ontario  ')
        > c            eval     $start = %len(location) - %len($work) +
1
        > c            eval     %subst(location:$start:$len($work)) =
        > %trim($work)
        >
                [Stone, Brad V (TC)]  This won't work.  %len($work) will
return
        the length of the field, not how many characters there are.
CHECK and
        CHECKR should be used to get the starting and ending character
        posistions, and then uses these to get the start posistion.

        > hope this helps,
        >
        > rick
        >
        > "I'm not fat, I'm just big boned!"
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