DTW_STRIP

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Purpose

Removes leading blanks, trailing blanks, or both from a string.

Format

@DTW_STRIP(stringIn, option, stringOut)

@DTW_STRIP(stringIn, stringOut)

@DTW_rSTRIP(stringIn, option)

@DTW_rSTRIP(stringIn)

Parameters

Table 98. DTW_STRIP Parameters
Data Type Parameter Use Description
string stringIn IN A variable or literal string.
string option IN Specifies which blanks to remove from stringIn. The default is B.

B or b - remove both leading and trailing blanks

L or l - remove leading blanks only

T or t - remove trailing blanks only

string stringOut OUT A variable that contains stringIn with blanks removed as specified by option.

Return Codes

Table 99. DTW_STRIP Return Codes
Return Code Explanation
-1001 The server could not process a Net.Data request to allocate memory.
1001 An input parameter contained a NULL value.
1003 An incorrect number of parameters were passed on a function call.
1005 A parameter passed on a function call, required to be a string variable, was of a different variable type.
1006 A literal string was passed on a function call for a parameter which was required to be an output parameter.
1007 A parameter contains a value which is not valid.

Examples

Example 1:

@DTW_STRIP("  day ", result)

Example 2:

@DTW_STRIP("  day ", "T", result)

Example 3:

@DTW_rSTRIP("  a day  ", "L")


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