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PEEL_TAIL

Removes the specified trailing characters from a given string. (F)

Invocation

startstring = PEEL_TAIL(char, string)

 

startstring	The string returned after all occurrences of char are removed from the end of string.
char	A list of characters to be removed from the end of string.
string	The character string from which trailing characters are removed.

Usage Notes

char cannot contain the cent character.

Example

The following rule removes periods and trailing blanks from the end of addresses in the EMPLOYEE table:

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RULE EDITOR ===> SCROLL: P

TRIM_ADDRESS;

_

_ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 _ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

_ FORALL EMPLOYEE : | 1

_ CALL MSGLOG(PEEL_TAIL(' .', EMPLOYEE.ADDRESS)); |

_ END; |

_ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Source Data

The addresses in the table look like the following:

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ADDRESS

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23 Irvine Rd.

2076 Chappel Dr.

335 Princess St.

215 Rogers Ave.

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Resultant Data

They appear in the message log like the following:

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23 Irvine Rd

2076 Chappel Dr

335 Princess St

215 Rogers Ave

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