%ATRIM
Return an alpha stripped of trailing blanks
WTSupported in traditional Synergy on Windows
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WNSupported in Synergy .NET on Windows
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USupported on UNIX
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VSupported on OpenVMS
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alpha = %ATRIM(expression)
Return value
alpha
An alpha stripped of its trailing blanks. If expression is null or only contains blanks, the return value is an alpha whose length is 0 bytes. (a)
Arguments
expression
The alpha expression whose blanks will be stripped. (a)
Discussion
On Windows, you can use %ATRIMTOSTRING to perform the same function as %ATRIM but with less overhead when creating a string.
Examples
The example below displays the data in the fields name and comp without any trailing blanks.
subroutine show_rec record custmast id ,d5 name ,a50 comp ,a50 proc writes(TTCHN, "Name: " + %atrim(name)) writes(TTCHN, "Company: " + %atrim(comp)) xreturn endsubroutine