Need help in TRIM Function in Eazytrieve

gayathrinag · New User Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 37 Location: chennai

Hi,

This is my requirement.

VAR A W 04 A
VAR B W 04 A
VARC W 08 A

VAR A have values like " ABCD" or "ABC "

VAR B can have values like "1234" or "123 ".

If i concatenate VAR A + VAR B = VAR C

Then I will get

"ABCD1234"

and "ABC 123 ".

In the "ABC 123 " result i have leading spaces. I wanted to remove these spaces.

Please help in solving this issue.

Thanks

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:34 am

Hello,

Define two arrays and move bytes from one array to the other bypassing the unwanted spaces.

gayathrinag · New User Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 37 Location: chennai

Hi Dick,

Thanks for the response. Can i have an example for this?

Thanks

PeterHolland · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:57 am

RTFM
CA-Easytrieve/Plus Reference Guide Chapter 13

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:20 pm

Hello,

You are familiar with an array?

Once the combined field is built, redefine it with an array of one-byte items.

Then copy the array with new names. Then write a loop to move one byte at a time from the "input" to the "output" (bypassing the unwanted spaces). When the end of the input array is reached, the output array will contain the value you describe.

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