George, SET VAR varnmae TEXT = 'abcdefghij' SET VAR vvaluelength INTEGER = (SLEN(.varname)) SET VAR vnewlength INTEGER = (.vvaluelength - 1) SET VAR vnewvalue = (SGET(.varname,.vnewlength,2))
R>sho var v% Variable = Value Type ------------------ ------------------------------ -------- varname = abcdefghij TEXT vvaluelength = 10 INTEGER vnewlength = 9 INTEGER vnewvalue = bcdefghij TEXT Dawn Hast "George H Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/19/2008 10:30:09 AM: > Does anyone have a snipet of code that can be used to set up SGET to > delete the first character of data in a text field? > > I had this working as a pointer in 2.11 but progress marches on and > there must be a simpler was of doing it.This is my first need in 7.6. > > Any idea would certainly be helpful and a time saver for me. > > George Baker
