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REPLACE with space
New version of REPLACE command doesn't work with ' ' (space), well not for me!
Obsolete version "REPLACE l_char with space into l_text" works fine and you get a gap (hex-20) in the text string.
New version "REPLACE l_char in l_text with space" just removes l_char and closes the gap. I have tried all manner of variations and of data types. It's just the “space”, or ' ', that it doesn't like.
I was trying to change long-winded code to remove carriage return and line feed characters (following GET_TEXT function) with a unicode-compatible modern version. The only way I can get it to work is:
replace all occurrences of regex '[^[:print:] ]' in l_text with '¬'. "dummy to hold position of space
translate l_text using '¬ '. "then convert it to a space
condense l_text.
That does clear all non-printing characters leaving one space (hex-20) character in their place but I shouldn't need to use a dummy to hold the position and then translate to space.
What am I doing wrong?
(By the way, what is a '¬' anyway? I don't expect it in genuine text in my system so it should be safe as a dummy.)
Obsolete version "REPLACE l_char with space into l_text" works fine and you get a gap (hex-20) in the text string.
New version "REPLACE l_char in l_text with space" just removes l_char and closes the gap. I have tried all manner of variations and of data types. It's just the “space”, or ' ', that it doesn't like.
I was trying to change long-winded code to remove carriage return and line feed characters (following GET_TEXT function) with a unicode-compatible modern version. The only way I can get it to work is:
replace all occurrences of regex '[^[:print:] ]' in l_text with '¬'. "dummy to hold position of space
translate l_text using '¬ '. "then convert it to a space
condense l_text.
That does clear all non-printing characters leaving one space (hex-20) character in their place but I shouldn't need to use a dummy to hold the position and then translate to space.
What am I doing wrong?
(By the way, what is a '¬' anyway? I don't expect it in genuine text in my system so it should be safe as a dummy.)
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