> -- what about leading blanks?
> Answer: they are kept. So if you need a blank separating what is on line N
and line N+1, you would start line N+1 with a blank

I've done that in various parameter files over the years and it seems to
work well: strip trailing blanks, keep leading blanks. (Or, arguably, keep a
maximum of one leading blank.)

Charles

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Subject: Re: 32760? (was: PARMDD?)

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What I don't recall anyone inquiring about is 

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-- what about leading blanks?
Answer: they are kept. So if you need a blank separating what is on line N
and line N+1, you would start line N+1 with a blank

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