Re: Trailing Blanks with CPYTOIMPF v5r1

["Peter Dow" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bill,

Are you sure those trailing blanks are blanks (x'40')?  Perhaps they're
x'00', or some other non-displayable character.  CPYTOIMPF only trims
blanks.

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 793-9050 voice
909 793-4480 fax
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hopkins" <BHopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: Trailing Blanks with CPYTOIMPF v5r1


> Thanks Rob and list,
>
> To much at one time going on.
>
> "1)" is the one I have the question on.
>
> 1)"Will VARLEN get rid of the trailing spaces?  Yes."
>
> This is what I have at v5r1.
>
> Here is PF = FXC
>
>  A          R FXCR
>  A*
>  A            FXABAN8       60          VARLEN
>  A            FXABALPH      60          VARLEN
>
>  A*
>  A          K FXABAN8
>
> The above fields get their data like so:
>
> C                         Eval      FXABAN8   = %trim(ABAN8)
> C                         Eval      FXABALPH  = %trim(ABALPH)
>
>
> This is my CPYTOIMPF command in RPGIV:
>
>  *
> C                   Eval      Qcmd = 'CPYTOIMPF FROMFILE('+
> C                             %trim(DRKY) +
> C                             ') TOSTMF(''QOpenSys/forcastx/'+
> C                             %trim(DRKY) +
> C                             '.txt'') MBROPT(*REPLACE) STMFC'+
> C                             'ODPAG(*PCASCII) RCDDLM(*CR) D'+
> C                             'TAFMT(*DLM) STRDLM(*NONE) FLD'+
> C                             'DLM(X''A1'')'
>  *
>
> Sub in FXC for DRKY variable.
>
> *****  Problem is that FXC still carries over the 60A with trailing blanks
> on CPYTOIMPF.
> *****  What am I missing?
>
>
>
> 2)"Will CPYTOIMPF give you the column headings?  No.  But I suppose you
> could
> fake that by doing a CPYTOIMPF of just a heading file, then do a CPYTOIMPF
>
> with *ADD for the data."
>
> Written as first record of file.
>
> 3)"Will CPYTOIMPF give you tilde's?  Yes."
>
> Already had see code above on VARLEN question.
>
> 4)"Will CPYTOIMPF give you a < at the end of a record?  No, but you can
> choose from CR, LF, CRLF, LFCR"
>
> Already had see code above on VARLEN question.
>
>
>
> Thanks again
> Bill Hopkins
>
> Questions,Comments,"Knocks in the Head" welcomed.
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