Re: Print a long field into smaller fields

[Carel <coteijgeler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Peter,

Substring with a length of 20 and then CHECKR for the characters not to 
wrap on.

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler

On 1-5-2013 16:18, Vidal, Peter wrote:
> Hello Team!
>
> I would like to have your feedback on this thought / challenge:
>
> I have a description field (let's call it "LongField") which is 64 characters long.  I need to print this field but I have only a limited space of 20 characters.  I would like to split the field in such a way that I can have it printed in this pre-printed form / column.  For example:
>
> /=========================/
> LongField = "MAN BASIC W/ BUILT IN OSTOMY SUPPORT/BARRIER, MODULAR SYSTEM"
>
> Required Printed Output:
> MAN BASIC W/ BUILT
> IN OSTOMY
> SUPPORT/BARRIER,
> MODULAR SYSTEM
> /=========================/
>
> I would probably need four fields (20/A) to allow the entire description to print the way I am suggesting here.  Oh well, I believe I have seen this code being suggested before but I can't find it.  As you can see, the portion of the string "SUPPORT/BARRIER," was not splitted because there are no spaces in between the words and the slash so I know the routine I saw before has logic to determine the most appropriate place to "cut" the string based on the fact if there is enough room space to fit or not.  In this case, cannot be greater than 20 characters, as I stated before.
>
> Any suggestions / advices are really appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Peter Vidal
>
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