Re: %TRIMR Question

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jorge, it's all in the manual. I keep the RPG Reference handy at all 
times - and WDSC has it only an F1 away.

Vern

At 08:02 AM 5/10/2007, you wrote:



> Hello RPG developers,
>
> I have a question hoping that you will be able to help me
>
> I came accross a piece of code that references this  built-in function
> %TRIMR
> The software sends an email using the SNDDST command
>
> Here it buids the string and tells the program how long the string is.
> The question is ... Why the %TrimR portion is written as:
>
>  %TrimR(cmd: ' ')
>
> It is my understanding that the %TrimR built-in function will
> format the result string "with the right-blanks-trimmed"
>
> Is the %TrimR(cmd)  same as %TrimR(cmd:' ')
>
> I am just no clear with this piece of code
>
> Thanks for your answers
>
>
>
> Here is the sample code  - - - - - - -
>
> CMD = 'SNDDST TYPE(*LMSG) TOINTNET(' +
>       %TRIM(PSAddr) +
>       ') DSTD(''' +
>       %TRIM(PSDSTD) +
>       ''') MSG(''' +
>       %TRIM(WKShortMsg) +
>       ''') LONGMSG(''' +
>       %TRIM(WKLongMsg) +
>       ''')' ;
>  CmdLen = %Len(%TrimR(cmd:' '));
>  QCMDEXEC(CMD:CMDLEN);
>
>
>
> Jorge Moreno
> Overseas Military Car Sales
> Woodbury, New York
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