French: á blancsEnglish translation: padding with spaces 
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Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software / COBOL | | French term or phrase: á blancs | This is from a poorly-written RPL/COBOL reference guide.
FDREC1: PIC X ou structure; seule la longueur compte, qui doit être égale au LRECL réel. Sinon: = en RPL: troncation ou completion á blancs.
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| | Clarification request(s) and responseLaura Miller: 1:36am Jul 31, 2007: I'm going to wait the required time before grading, but I wanted to thank you Jennifer for your answer, and also vera-tech for taking the time to answer, thanks!
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| | padding with spaces | Explanation:
It sounds to me like the data needs to be a fixed length.
For example, let's say we need an 8-character string.
If the input is 8 characters, the code outputs the value without any changes.
Input: ABCDEFGH
Output: ABCDEFGH
If the input is too long, it is truncated to 8 characters.
Input: 1234567890
Output: 12345678
If the input is too short, the code pads the value up to 8 characters. ([END] denotes the end of the string, just for the purposes of illustration.)
Input: ABCD[END]
Output: ABCD [END]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/228738
"The parameter's "COBOL Definition" properties have the Pad with spaces check box selected to specify that the string delivered to the host is to be padded on the right with spaces by COMTI runtime."
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/activeperl/216...
"This snippet shows how to pad a given string with spaces to a given fixed length."
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Note added at 37 mins (2007-07-30 23:34:21 GMT)
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The HTML on this page reduces the four trailing spaces down to one in my example, but I hope it still makes sense! |
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 Jennifer Baldwin
United States
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| padding with spaces
Explanation:
It sounds to me like the data needs to be a fixed length.
For example, let's say we need an 8-character string.
If the input is 8 characters, the code outputs the value without any changes.
Input: ABCDEFGH
Output: ABCDEFGH
If the input is too long, it is truncated to 8 characters.
Input: 1234567890
Output: 12345678
If the input is too short, the code pads the value up to 8 characters. ([END] denotes the end of the string, just for the purposes of illustration.)
Input: ABCD[END]
Output: ABCD [END]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/228738
"The parameter's "COBOL Definition" properties have the Pad with spaces check box selected to specify that the string delivered to the host is to be padded on the right with spaces by COMTI runtime."
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/activeperl/216...
"This snippet shows how to pad a given string with spaces to a given fixed length."
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Note added at 37 mins (2007-07-30 23:34:21 GMT)
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The HTML on this page reduces the four trailing spaces down to one in my example, but I hope it still makes sense!
| Jennifer Baldwin
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 12
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| Note from asker to answerer | Notes to answerer
Asker: This seems to be a pretty logical explanation Jennifer. Thanks for the explanation and references!
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| with blank spaces
Explanation:
guess - to complete or fill in with blank spaces (if it's characters), else to fill in with a blank (or no fill)
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-07-31 04:33:28 GMT)
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Jennifer basically repeated what I said but that's OK - it seems you hadn't understood it either
to complete or fill in with blank spaces (if it's characters)
| vera-tech
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14
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Asker: You're right vera-tech, which is why I thanked you as well. I can't (unfortunately) split up points, and since Jennifer gave me some references as well, I gave her the points. I'm sorry!
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