export fixed length problem

[Kenneth Brody]

Dennis Malen wrote:
> 
> Ken,
> 
> 1. I am only exporting one filed because that is how the filePro list
> suggested I do it. It was also your suggestion to use the chr("10"). It
> works great, except for the first field. You seem to be satisfied with the
> logic that all other fields hold the spaces but you are not concerned with
> the first field and seem to accept that. Why, I don't know.

You are only exporting one field.  There are no "other fields" involved.
The one field you are exporting starts with some spaces (which are stripped)
and ends with a newline (hence there are no trailing spaces to strip).

> 2. Trailing spaces are not being stripped on subsequent fields on the same
> line. Again, it is only the first field. If I add xx(5) after a(10) then the
> 5 empty spaces in xx are retained. If I put it in front of a(10) and cause
> the xx to be the first field, it is not maintained.

Again, you are only exporting one field.  There are no "subsequent fields".

> 3. I can not use the -X with -a.

You can with the 5.0.14 update.

> 4. You say to left justify. Whaaalaaa! You finally got it. That's the
> question I have been asking. How do I do it???????????

Rather than:

    a(10,*) = r

use:

    a(10,*) = "" { r

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