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[badri5]

I want to check the length of a string in cobol.

Here is the example

ws-var1 pic x(17) .

1st record----abcdefghijklm

I checked like this
If ws-var1(1:17) not = ' '
and
If ws-var1(1:17) not = ' '-----17 spaces
and
if ws-var1(1:17) not = spaces

The above example is 13 characters.rest 4 characters are spaces.But it is accepting.
i checked like the above conditions.but even if it is 13 characters it is accepting.If it is 17 characters only it should accept.even if 17th character is a space it should not accept.
Could you kindly tell me how to code for this logic for this

[kolusu]

badri,

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http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?p=5743#5743

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=1282&highlight=length

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=525&highlight=length

http://mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=3185&highlight=length

Kolusu