Re: Clear entire field vs substring

I thought simply assigning the value to the variable did the blanking
out first - this isn't a MOVE or MOVEL, which are different.

Is workfield a varying-length field? Then all you need to do is this -

workfield = %trimr(Newdata);

HTH - and that I'm right, cuz I hardly ever initialize, then assign anymore!
Vern

On 5/21/2012 2:09 PM, Albert York wrote:

I have a work field that is 2000 bytes (to allow for the longest possible string value). The length of the data being moved to it varies and can be quite short. I have to clear the work field before I move the data.

  Which is better:

  workfield = *blanks


  len = %len(%trimr(Newdata));
  %substr(workfield:1:len) = *blanks;

  Thanks,

  Albert

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