TRIM function in PL/I

ravikanth · New User Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 10

Hello All

I was trying to use the function "TRIM" in PLI. qw gives an explanation.
but when i tried using it in my program. It is giving a compile error.
Error Message:"IDENTIFIER 'TRIM' IS NOT DECLARED. EXTERNAL ENTRY ASSUMED. 'TRIM' EXPLICITLY DECLARED BUILTIN BUT IS NOT A BUILTIN FUNCTION NAME.DECLARATION DELETED."
Find my piece of code below:
DCL (STG, TRIM) BUILTIN;
In_field CHAR (5) INIT('');
Out_field CHAR(LENGTH(In_field)) VARYING
Out_field = TRIM(In_Field, ' ');

Thanks in advance,
Ravikanth Chavali

Srihari Gonugunta · Active User Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 117 Location: Pune

TRIM function is supported by all the PL1 compilers(1.1 to 3.5), as far as I know. Let me know what is the PL1 compiler version you are using.

roopannamdhari · New User Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Bangalore

Hi,

i am also getting same compilation error for built in functions COPY,CENTERLEFT and my PL\1 compiler is "VERSION 1 RELEASE 5.1" please help me in resolving this error.

Thanks,

Gnanas SNG · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject:

Okay.

TRIM BIF is not available on IBM PL/I V2R3 & PRIOR.

But I have checked and found it on IBM PL/I V3R6.