This utility method helps remove any leading or trailing character from a string. This can be helpful for removing unwanted characters from the beginning and ends of a string (extra spaces, carriage returns, etc.). The first parameter takes in a string to modify and the second parameter lets the developer specify a character to remove if it is found in the beginning or end of the string.

//--------------------------------------------------------------- /* Method : Util_RemoveLTCharactersInString Description : This method removes leading and trailing characters from the string passed in $1. It removes the character passed in $2 Parameters : $1 (Text) - String to remove leading and trailing charcters from $2 (Text) - Character to remove from the beginnin and end of string $0 (Text) - String with leading and trailing characters removed */ //--------------------------------------------------------------- C_TEXT($0; $1; $2; $string_t; $toRemove) C_BOOLEAN($localBreak; $blockBreak) If (Count parameters=2)   $string_t:=$1   $toRemove:=$2   Repeat     $localBreak:=False        Case of       //remove the leading and trailing character passed in $2       : ($string_t=("@"+$toRemove)) | ($string_t=($toRemove+"@"))         Repeat           $blockBreak:=False           Case of           : ($string_t=("@"+$toRemove))             $string_t:=Delete string($string_t; Length($string_t)-Length($toRemove)+1; Length($toRemove))           : ($string_t=($toRemove+"@"))             $string_t:=Delete string($string_t; 1; Length($toRemove))           : (True)             $blockBreak:=True           End case         Until ($blockBreak)          : (True)         $localBreak:=True     End case      Until ($localBreak)      $0:=$string_t    End if

In this example, the leading and trailing carriage return characters are removed.

$string_t:=Char(13)+"example"+Char(13)+"text"+Char(13)+Char(13) $returnString_t:=Util_RemoveLTCharactersInString($string_t; Char(13))