RE: Trimming in CL

["Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Can you define "trim out"?

If you mean delete trailing blanks, I'm not sure how you're going to
keep them off. CL variables are fixed-length so even using CL's built-in
trimming operators will only give you back a field with blanks it in.
If you need it in a string expression then using something like this:

  DCL  &MyVar  *CHAR 12  Value('New Baby    ')

  CHGVAR VAR(&Var2) VALUE(&MYVAR *TCAT '?')

That would be a question mark after the last non-blank character in the
original field.

Not sure what else you need.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
On Behalf Of Wills, Mike N. (TC)
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:59 PM
To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
Subject: Trimming in CL


I need to be able to trim out the spaces of a field in a CL program. Is
there a way to do this? Or will it be best to use an RPG program?


Mike Wills
iSeries Programmer
mnwills@taylorcorp.com
(507) 386-3187
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