Re: Using VARLEN DDS keyword

Off the top of my head:

C           Eval   CharTemp = %Trim(Char1)
C           Eval   Char1 = *Blanks
C           MOVER  CharTemp     Char1

Char1 = 'NAMEbbbb' to start with.
CharTemp = 'NAME'
Char1 = 'bbbbbbbb'
Char1 = 'bbbbNAME'

Regards,

Jim Langston

Lynette Chronister wrote:
> 
> what is the easiest way to right justify a character variable.
> example
> 
> char1 = 'NAMEbbbbb' (b = blanks)
>  i want 'bbbbbNAME'
> 
> i can get this done, im just thinking there HAS to be an easier way.
> TIA
> oh, p.s. im writing in 400 not ILE.
> 
> Lynette Chronister
> Programmer/Analyst
> Elizabethtown, PA
> 
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