RS>  a "STRING * 81". How can I "strip" the spaces from the right? I have
 RS>  tried
 RS>  RTRIM$ (among others) with no luck at all. What I need to be able to
That field may be NULL padded, meaning:
a$=rtrim$(a$,any chr$(0)+" ")
Try that out.  You can eliminate not only nulls, but spaces as well if
any exist, which is safe programming at best.)
-James (SysOp/AD Message System)
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