Left-justify (was Re: Export fixed length)

[scooter6 at gmail.com]

   ach(5) is the 5th field of the fixed length file I'm trying to create
   ach(6) is the 6th field of the fixed length file I'm trying to create

 1  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       ■
If:                                                                   ■
       Then: export ascii ach=/appl/fpmerge/achtest.txt r=\n
-X                ■
  2  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       ■
If:                                                                   ■
       Then:
ach(1)="6";ach(2)="27";ach(3)=mid(1,"1","8");ach(4)=mid(1,"9","1")■
  3  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       ■
If:                                                                   ■
       Then: aa(17,lj)=2;ach(5)=aa;                 ■
  4  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       ■
If:                                                                   ■
       Then: ab(10,0rjdot)=18;ach(6)=ab               ■
  5  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       ■
If:                                                                   ■
       Then:
write                                                             ■
  6  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
       ■
If:                                                                   ■
       Then:
end

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net>wrote:

> On 8/11/2011 11:07 AM, scooter6 at gmail.com wrote:
>
>>   DDW? lol
>>   With lj edit added as you stated   lj   [{!" "!}] {*}
>>
>>   If:
>>   Then: aa(17,lj)=2;ach(5)=aa<-- where field 2 is where I want to apply
>> the edit
>>
>>
>>   This did not left justify the field
>>
>
> Well, what's the definition of ach(5)?
>
>
>   As well, doing the 0rjdot edit didn't change the field to zero-filled
>> right justify amount
>>
>>   If:
>>   Then: ab(10,0rjdot)=18;ach(6)=ab
>>
>
> And what's the definition of ach(6)?
>
> [...]
>
> --
> Kenneth Brody
>
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