Kbase P6007: How to write only the characters in a variable to a file
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
25/11/2003 |
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Status: Unverified
GOAL:
How to write only the characters in a variable to a file
GOAL:
PUT writes the length of the character variable not just the characters in the variable
GOAL:
PUT places blank spaces after the characters to make the line the width specified by variable's format
FIX:
Use PUT UNFORMATTED.
Example:
DEFINE VAR a AS CHARACTER FORMAT "x(60)" NO-UNDO.
ASSIGN a="four".
OUTPUT TO myfile.
PUT UNFORMATTED a AT 1 SKIP.
OUTPUT CLOSE.