Unless I've misunderstood the request, it's just: length = Length(Strip(string, 'T')) /* Strip trailing blanks and then take length */
- mb > I have a character string 'NOW IS THE TIME ' > Please note that there are multiple spaces/blanks after the word TIME > I want to find the length of this character string not including > the multiple blanks after TIME.(i.e. NOW IS THE TIME length=15) > I can figure it out with brute force and awkwardness (get the LENGTH > of the string and start working backwards until I hit the first > non-blank) but was hoping for a more elegant way. Is there a > double-secret Rexx function or a Pipe function that will accomplish > this? I'm a little surprised Rexx doesn't have this (unless, again, > it's on the double-secret list). > Thanks, > Steve G
