Re: To trim or not to trim?

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

What's the actual code being used?

Charles


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:12 PM, William Howie <
William.Howie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a question about string manipulation.   Here's the scenario:
>
>
> *         Three fields I'm combining into one 10-character text field with
> dashes between the values
>
> *         The three fields have these attributes:
>
> o   First field is numeric, length 10, no decimals
>
> o   Second is character, length 50
>
> o   Third is numeric, length 10, no decimals
>
> I'm using the %CHAR BIF to convert the numeric fields into character
> fields, and then using %TRIM.  From what I can see of the data, the
> significant values of each field, complete with dashes, would theoretically
> fit into my 10-character field, even though the lengths of any one of the
> three is as long by itself as my result field.
>
> When I run my program, I get the value of the first field, with a dash
> after it, and the value of the second, and that's it, like so:
>
> Field1: 36
> Field2: 002
> Field3: 3208
>
> Becomes "36-2" in my result field.   Now, I'm guessing there's a reason
> that the dash and the third field are getting cut off, but for the life of
> me I don't know what it is.  If it was some sort of size constraint, I
> would think that all I would see is the first field to begin with, since it
> is 10 long, just like my result field.   The reason may be really obvious,
> but I'm sure not seeing it.   Can anyone out there enlighten me on why this
> is working this way?   Thanks in advance.
>
> Bill Howie
> Software Developer
> AmTrust North America
>
>
>
>
> Bill Howie
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