*BLANK/*BLANKS

BLANK/BLANKS will move blanks into the designated field.

Remarks

  • BLANK/*BLANKS is valid only for character, graphic, or UCS-2 fields.

  • The value for character is // “ (blank) or H”40’.
  • The value for graphic is H”4040”.
  • The value for UCS-2 is H”0020”.

BLANK/BLANKS storage equivalent to the implied length of Blanks is used.

The performance of BLANK/BLANKS is equal to using spaces when the implied length of Blanks is less than or equal to 140.

See Also

Figurative Constants

Figurative Constants Rules