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removing leading character from left,right a string
Hello,
I need to remove a space on the right and left of a string
name =3D " =F4 "
#line 5
for (ix1=3D1;ix1<2;ix1++) getline ;
name=3Dsubstr($0,0,52)
name1=3Dgsub(/^ *| *$/, "",name)
In dos editor the space equal that character according to the font
used : " " That is my code above but useless .
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 ehabaziz2001 (345)
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11/4/2007 9:18:24 PM |
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On 11/4/2007 3:18 PM, happytoday wrote:
> Hello,
> I need to remove a space on the right and left of a string
> name =3D " =F4 "
> #line 5
> for (ix1=3D1;ix1<2;ix1++) getline ;
> name=3Dsubstr($0,0,52)
Whatever the above is trying to do, using "getline" is almost certainy th=
e wrong
approach. Provide more info if you'd like help on doing it the right way.=
> name1=3Dgsub(/^ *| *$/, "",name)
>=20
> In dos editor the space equal that character according to the font
> used : " " That is my code above but useless .
>=20
gsub() doesn't return a string. You just need to use a character class:
gsub(/^[[:space:]]*|[[:space:]]*$/,"",name)
Regards,
Ed.
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 Ed
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11/4/2007 11:33:55 PM
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