RE: Will %trim trim *loval?

["Fisher, Don" <Dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe he's actually asking if %TRIM will eliminate the null character
(X'00') as well as the space.  In his example, it appears %TRIM is treating
the null as a regular character and thus leaving the blank character that is
between the "S" and null in the result.

It's interesting that the manual states specifically that only blanks
(X'40') will be eliminated with no mention of null characters.  I guess that
means the behavior Rob experienced should be expected?

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
DFisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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> If I have the value of variable A= x'E24000', or S blank *loval.  Then it
seems that the following Myvar='HI' +%trim(A) + 'X' gets
> 'HIS  X'
> 
> Is this right?

Yes.

The %trim functions trim blanks.
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