Re: %size(%trim(field)) in RPG/IV

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Charles L. Massoglia)]

Bradley,

%size is a compile time function.  You can not embed an execution time
function within a compile time function.  You could use %len(%trimr(field))
but not under V3R2.  I think the %len function was made available under V3R7.

>I tried using the %size(%trim(field)) combination in RPG and got a compile
>error.  Our machine is on V3R2.  Any ideas?  It is supposed to act the same
>as %len, I have heard.
>
>Bradley V. Stone       
>bvstone@taylorcorp.com
>http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:        Richard Baird [SMTP:rbbaird@premsys.com]
>> Sent:        Wednesday, August 19, 1998 4:21 PM
>> To:  MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>> Subject:     Re: Scanning from the right
>> 
>> John,
>> 
>> look at the CHECKR opcode. With a search argument of ' ', it checks
>> for the first position that DOESN'T contain the search argument.
>> 
>> also, in rpgiv, %len(%trim(field)) will return the last non-blank
>> position in a string.
>> 
>> hth,
>> 
>> Rick
>> 
>> John Earl wrote:
>> > 
>> > Is it possible to scan a string from the right in RPG?
>> > 
>> > I need to find the end of a character string that may have
>> > embedded blanks in it.  It seems like the best way to do
>> > that is to scan from the right for the first non-blank
>> > character.
>> > 
>> > Any ideas?
>> > 
>> > jte
>> > 
>> > --
>> > John Earl
>> > PowerTech Toolworks
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>> > 253-858-7388
>> > 
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>> > AS/400 fan!
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