For my money, in string handling, ALL characters are a part of a string, including SPACE and it's kin, the unprintable chars. "Auto Magic" participation in the handling, makes for some exasperating workarounds when those conveniences are not desired.
With SPACE, in the other languages I use, TRIM and its subordinates are applied as a matter of course and I never curse having to do so. ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 6:21 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: SGET, Variables and Trailing <Space> : At 06:06 PM 7/1/2013, Bruce A. Chitiea wrote: : : >Razzak: : > : >Very handy. Used it to understand a TAB problem. : > : >Would there be r:oom in the toolbox for a "R(etain T(railing SPACE" : >function? : > : >(RTSPACE(value)) : > : >Example: : > : >vHumpty = '1234<sp>x<sp>' : > : >SET VAR vDumpty = (RTSPACE(SGET(.vHumpty,3,5)))) : > : >SHOW VAR vDumpty = '<sp>x<sp>' : > : >R:Base is appreciated more every day, : > : >Bruce : : : Bruce, : : Remember, nothing is impossible! : : Today's R:BASE is the result of listening, carefully evaluating, : prioritizing, and then implementing such requests. Every user : who has requested any feature and/or enhancement in the current : version of R:BASE should always feel and sense the great feeling : of ownership! : : Take pride and say, "that was my idea!" : : Of course, the eXpanded R:Dream Team is very happy to oblige. : : Very Best R:egards, : : Razzak. : : www.rbase.com : www.facebook.com/rbase : -- : 30+ years of continuous innovation! : 15 Years of R:BASE Technologies, Inc. making R:BASE what it is today! : -- : :
