Glenn wrote: > I would think the TRIM would be the easiest and fastest way: > > PETE="THIS}IS }}}A TEST}}}" > CRT TRIM (PETE, @VM, "R") > > which would remove all redundant @VM marks. Someone > suggested this earlier but I saw no comment to it.
I don't have a system to test this on, but what if the record were had leading @VMs? As far as I can tell from Jonathan's post, he doesn't care about the position of the blank values, he just wants them removed. Doesn't the "R" mean "only trim from the right"?. KEN="}}}THIS}IS }}}ALSO}A TEST}}}" IF TRIM(KEN, @VM, "R") = TRIM(KEN, @VM) THEN CRT "Ken is worrying about nothing" END ELSE CRT "Ken has a valid point" END Cheers, Ken -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users