Cobol Calculate the length of a string

[ignacio]

How can I calculate the length of a string if the corresponding intrinsec function is not avaliable?
Is there a better way, in terms of performance, than a PERFORM FROM LEN OF field STEP -1 UNTIL switch-found = True or field(n:1) not = SPACES. I have tried the INSPECT but in some cases does not give a correct result, and in any case is slower than the PERFORM loop option.

Regards.
Ignacio.

[dick scherrer]

Hello,

Starting at the "right" side of the field and moving backwards by -1 may be your best bet.

[ignacio]

Thank you Dick, that's what I am doing now.
Regards.
Ignacio.

[dick scherrer]

You're welcome - good luck

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[mahi]

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PERFORM VARYING IP-NAME-LEN FROM 56 BY -1
UNTIL (IP-NAME-LEN < 1)
OR (IP-NAME-TEXT(IP-NAME-LEN:1)
NOT = SPACE)
END-PERFORM.

Can u please brief out what is this functions.??

[dick scherrer]

Hello mahi and welcome to the forums,

The code you posted will look at the text field and determine the length of the content. The rule for that code is that trailing blanks should not be included in the length.

If you make up some values, move them to the text field and execute that routine with a display of ip-name-len after the perform completes, you will see how it works.