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gpaulose
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Joined: 04 Sep 2007
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject: Remove trailing spaces from a variable in Cobol

I need to remove trailing spaces from a variable in Cobol. Please suggest the easiest way of doing it.

CraigG
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Joined: 02 May 2007
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Location: Viginia, USA

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject: Re: Remove trailing spaces from a variable in Cobol

gpaulose wrote:

I need to remove trailing spaces from a variable in Cobol. Please suggest the easiest way of doing it.

What are you going to replace them with?

NASCAR9
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Joined: 08 Oct 2004
Posts: 274
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Location: California

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject:

Code:

01 W-TEXT PIC X(40) VALUE 'NAREN HAD PROBLEM'.
01 W-TALLY PIC S9(04) COMP VALUE ZERO.
01 W-STR-LENGTH PIC 9(03) VALUE ZERO.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.

MOVE ZEROES TO W-TALLY
W-STR-LENGTH.

INSPECT FUNCTION REVERSE(W-TEXT) TALLYING W-TALLY
FOR LEADING SPACES

COMPUTE W-STR-LENGTH = LENGTH OF W-TEXT - W-TALLY

DISPLAY 'THE STRING LENGTH IS:' W-STR-LENGTH
MOVE W_TEXT (1:W-STR-LENGTH) TO ??????

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