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Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 4, 2015

RELATED IDEAS

TRIM Intrinstic function

Implement COBOL 2014 Standard TRIM intrinsic function.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 6, 2019

    This RFE has been delivered in the Enterprise COBOL V6.2 July PTF via APAR PI99703.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - COBOL Compilers

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - COBOL Compilers

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 4, 2015

    This is a valid RFE. Accepting RFE and will update it once it has been put into plan.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 15, 2015

    The 2014 COBOL Standard supports this with the single function:

    MOVE FUNCTION TRIM(myfield LEADING) TO mynewfield
    MOVE FUNCTION TRIM(myfield TRAILING) TO mynewfield
    MOVE FUNCTION TRIM(myfield) TO mynewfield
    When the second parameter is omitted it functions to trim both leading and trailing (left and right) spaces.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 14, 2015

    Perhaps it's useful to think about two functions LTRIM and RTRIM for trimming on left / on right side. I don't know more the case where I needed that functionality . . . ;-) and had to code it by hand.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 9, 2015

    A very good usecase for a trim function.

    Added to GSE ADL watchlist

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