Re: Breaking text

I'd agree with this, but I also look at the entire length of the string.  If
the entire length is over 25 but under 30 or so, I'd start looking at about
character 20.  I don't care for the look of a full line and then one short
word on the next line.  I'd rather have a couple of words, at least, on the
second line when the field is over 25 characters.   

If the field has a length of ((length - field break) > 25)  then I just
break at 25 as characters will be truncated otherwise.  (I hope that formula
is correct.  I want to be sure that part 2 of the string is 25 or less;
otherwise just split it at 25.)
 
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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: 08/22/05 13:40:35
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Breaking text
 
> I'd start at the 25th character and work back until I found the first
space.
> Then you split the text up at that position.  Much simpler than scanning
> forward.
 
This is the way I do it as well, except that I always start in the 26th
spot instead of the 25th.  (It's okay for the 25th position to be a
non-space, since that'll still fit into a 25A field)
 
 
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