RE: Variable Length Field Question

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad,

For varying length fields, if you include spaces, then they're not
automagically going to trim....  In order to get the output you want, youd
have to do something like this:

eval varField = %trimr('^^^^^^Data^^^^^')

which would populate '^^^^^^Data' into varField.

As you coded it, the resulting value is exactly as assigned, complete with
leading and trailing blanks....

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Stone [mailto:brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:38 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Variable Length Field Question


Ok,

Assume I have field varField defined as Varying in an RPG
program.

Now I say:

eval varField = '^^^^^^Data^^^^^'

(Each ^ is a blank)

Should varField then equal:

"^^^^^^Data"

or

"Data"

If the latter, why?  And how can I get it to equal the
prior?  My testing shows I am getting the latter (no
preceeding spaces).

Thanks!

Brad
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