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Ambili S
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Hi
Just like Z is used for leading zero suppression , what should be used for leading space suppression. |
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Robert Sample
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I do not understand what you mean by "leading space suppression". Do you mean the field should be left-justified? Leading spaces cannot be suppressed -- there has to be spaces, LOW-VALUES, or something in the character position.
You need to provide more details -- the variable picture and exactly what you want the variable output to look like. |
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Bill O'Boyle
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You can define (for example) an edit-field as PIC BBBBBBBBBX. In this example, if the value were right-justified (padded with high-order SPACES) with a low-order 'A', then the edit-field would equal 'bbbbbbbbbA', with each 'b' representing a BLANK/SPACE.
However, if the value is left-justified padded with low-order SPACES, then review the Intrinsic Function REVERSE, used together with the INSPECT verb.
This combination has been discussed on the board before.
Intrinsic Functions were introduced with COBOL/370, about 15-18 years ago.
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Marso
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| Ambili S wrote: |
| Just like Z is used for leading zero suppression , what should be used for leading space suppression. |
The leading zeroes are not just suppressed, they are replaced by spaces.
Do you want to replace your leading spaces with something else ? |
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