Re: %trim

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Cozzi wrote:
>
> Do you mean that because a VARYING field is usually set to a length that
> is at or close to the same length of the data, that the result is that
> %trim has to do less work and therefore finishes quicker (typically)
> than when it works with a fixed length field?
>

No, I didn't mean that.  I said "When using varying fields, you normally
only have to do at most one trim to get trimmed data into the field in
the first place."

Unless you actually want trailing blanks in your varying fields, don't
put them in there in the first place.  Then you won't have to trim them
out later.  Makes for cleaner coding:

  eval    qualname = %trim(lib) + '/' + %trim(file) + '(' + %trim(mbr) +
')'

vs

  eval    qualname = lib + '/' + file + '(' + mbr + ')'