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Re: Converting INT to STRING out of space... [message #43157]

Mon, 21 March 2005 09:21

R.G. Stockwell
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Registered: July 1999

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"Nuno Oliveira" <nmoliveira@fc.ul.pt> wrote in message
news:d1mqh8$111t$1@pegasus.fccn.pt...
> If I want to save a file within a cicle and I want the name of the file to
> have the number related to the cicle, I have a problem that maybe someone
> in here have faced.
>
> Apparently there is no way that I can eliminate a space in a string made
> of an integer variable. Try:
>
> number = 3
> aux = STRCOMPRESS(STRING(number))
> file = 'saving'+aux+'.dat'
>
> And, this way the variable file will be 'saving 3.dat' with a SPACE inside
> the string. Any tips of how I can avoid this space?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Nuno
>

The answers posted solve your problem for you.
I would just add one tidbit, you can format the numbers
to have leading 0's, so that they line up nicely when
you get a file listing in alphabetical order.

Use format of I3.3 for instance:
string(number,format='("saving",I3.3,".dat")')

Cheers,

bob

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		Re: Converting INT to STRING out of space... By: R.G. Stockwell on Mon, 21 March 2005 09:21
		Re: Converting INT to STRING out of space... By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 21 March 2005 07:56
		Re: Converting INT to STRING out of space... By: Ben Panter on Mon, 21 March 2005 08:03
		Re: Converting INT to STRING out of space... By: tam on Mon, 21 March 2005 08:00
		Re: Converting INT to STRING out of space... By: Ben Panter on Mon, 21 March 2005 08:00

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