Dave/Alan: Rexx has a nice builtin function called 'strip' u can strip leading , trailing or both blanks..... Scott Ford
Dave Salt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: Alan Altmark >Eh? Wouldn't it simply be better to give panels a way to reference the >words in the input fields? Or provide a STRIP function? As with any programming language, there are many ways panel logic could be improved. A strip function would be great, as would a substring function, a computational function, a sort function, the ability to imbed SQL, the ability to play MP3 music , and so on and so forth. The point was not 'what would be the very best way to acheive result x', but 'would it have been easier to acheive result x if panels had looping logic'. The person who originally posted the question about parsing 'SORT ADDRESS D' was under the constraint that he could only use pure panel logic; i.e. he could not call a panel exit and he could not use imbedded REXX. So, given that panels do not have a strip function and his options were limited, looping logic would have been a very valuable alternative. When someone else posed the question 'would looping be valuable in ISPF panel logic?', I used this real life scenario that was posted on the ISPF listserv just last week to demonstrate that clearly the answer is 'yes'. Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - The easiest, most powerful way to surf a mainframe! http://www.mackinney.com/products/SIM/simplist.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
