Re: New %Trim Function

Looks right. TRIM does trimming at the ends, not in the middle.

SO trimming 'x' in 'xxxabcxxxxyzxxx' would result in 'abcxxxxyz'.

Similarly, in early versions, trimming
' Last, First, Middle ' would give
'Last, First, Middle', not
'Last,First,Middle'


In a message dated 9/10/2008 12:37:04 A.M. Jerusalem Daylight Time,
rwmunday@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I have been testing the new %Trim second parameter featured in V5R4. I have
an application where I could trim stray period characters. The example I
was given from another programmer who uses this is blanks, `/` and `\`. I
wrote a test program and coded this:

// Trim To Remove The Listed Characters
TRIMOUT = %Trim(TRIMIN :' .\/'); // Trim Blank, Period, Slashes

I keyed some test data into a file and this was the result:

12 45\67/ 12 45\67 removed the trailing '/'
1/1\2 1/1\2 removed nothing
112 33\44\ 112 33\44 removed trailing '\'
///\1234.56 1234.56 removed all slashes
987.654 987.654 removed nothing


Something is working part of the time. I have been unable to locate an
example other than what was listed in the official announcement:

Second parameter for %TRIM, %TRIMR and %TRIML indicating what characters to
trim:
%TRIM is enhanced to allow an optional second parameter giving the list of
characters to be trimmed.

Assistance, please.

Thanks,



Robert Munday
Munday Software Consultants
Montgomery, AL
on assignment in Jacksonville, FL