RE: %CHAR()

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>From: M. Lazarus [mailto:mlazarus@ttec.com]
>Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 4:10 PM
>
>>Remove the blanks of with %trim
>>
>>%trim(%char(xxxxx))
>>%trim(%editc(xxxxx:yyy))
>>%trim(%editw(xxxxx:yyyy))
>
>  There's no need to do that.  These BIFs do it for you already.

Mark, you're right that %char doesn't need trimming, but %editc
and %editw return a value with a constant length, including leading
and trailing zeros.

For example, one %editc might return 'b123' or '-123'; another
might return '$123.00bb' or '$123.00CR'.  (where b = blank)

Barbara Morris


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