Re: %trim blanks or nulls?

oops, I forgot about the second parameter of %trim. haven't used it
in quite a while.

also, you don't need to create a separate field for the null value
like I did, you can specify the hex literal:

%xlate(x'00':' ':myfield)

and

%trim(myfield:x'00')

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:25 AM, <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You can specify what character you want trimmed -- a second parameter. Nest a couple %trims to get them both.


-------------- Original message --------------
From: "rick baird" <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>

> spaces only. a workaround:
>
> do an xlate on the one with nulls so that it will trim properly.
>
> d $null 1 inz(x'00')
>
> c eval $ip = %xlate($null:' ':$ip)
>

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Mike Cunningham wrote:

> > Does the %trim bif look for just blanks (hex 40) or does it also trim nulls
> (hex 00)
> > I have two 15 character fields. One is coming from a database, one is passed
> as a parameter. Both contain an IP address (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In the database
> field the trailing characters are always spaces if the ipaddress is not the full
> 15 characters. The parameter being passed will sometimes end in spaces and
> sometimes end in nulls (hex '00'). I did a compare using...
> > If %trim(dbfield) <> %trim(parameter);
> > And when the parameter field ended in hex 00 the if was evaluated as true.
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