trim commands

[steve]

I want to pull the right 4 characters from a field
named "alpha". This field contains data of various
lengths. The field has one of the following in the last 4
digits:

" ABC"
" BCD"
" CDE"
"DEFG"

If I use the "right" command "=right(alpha,4)", I get the
output as shown above. What I want is below (eliminating
the space in the first character of the first three
records:

"ABC"
"BCD"
"CDE"
"DEFG"

What function does this?

Also, when working with a field that has data of various
lengths, what function would pull back the 4th character,
counting from the right back to the left
(ie, "abcdefghij", and I want to pull back just the "g")?

Thanks.

 

[George Nicholson]

To remove leading or trailing spaces: Trim(right(alpha,4))

To get the 4th from last character: Mid(alpha,len(alpha)-3,1)

i.e., Mid(StringToExtractFrom, StartingCharacterPosition,
NumberOfCharactersToReturn)

 

[steve]

Perfect -- thanks for the quick reply.

-----Original Message-----
To remove leading or trailing spaces: Trim(right(alpha,4))

To get the 4th from last character: Mid(alpha,len(alpha)- 3,1)

i.e., Mid(StringToExtractFrom, StartingCharacterPosition,
NumberOfCharactersToReturn)
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George Nicholson

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