Re: Character strings

Or if you have a string with white space in the middle, using 5.1.1:

tstr = str_squeeze(str) ; only necessary if you possibly have tabs as
well as spaces.
tstr = str_sub_str(tstr," ","") ; replace every remaining space with
an empty string ; i.e. remove all spaces

  -dave

On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Wei Huang wrote:

> James,
>
> If you can update to 5.1.1,
> then you can use str_right_strip(str) to strip off any white-space at
> right.
> Or. str_left_strip to strip left end white space, or str_strip to
> strip off
> white space at both end.
>
> For example, with 5.1,1,
>
> you have
> str1 = "abc "
>
> str2 = str_ritgh_strip(str1)
> and str2 will be "abc".
>
>
> ncl 7> str1 = "abc "
> ncl 8> print("<" + str1 + ">")
> (0) <abc >
> ncl 9> str2 = str_right_strip(str1)
> ncl 10> print("<" + str2 + ">")
> (0) <abc>
>
>
>
> Wei Huang
> huangwei_at_ucar.edu
> VETS/CISL
> National Center for Atmospheric Research
> P.O. Box 3000 (1850 Table Mesa Dr.)
> Boulder, CO 80307-3000 USA
> (303) 497-8924
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Correia, James wrote:
>
>> Is there a function which can trim white space out of a character
>> string?
>>
>> For example I am reading in a file with model abbreviations and
>> ensemble
>> numbers like this:
>> aom_1
>> cgcm31t47_1
>>
>> Then using the names to construct a file name.
>>
>> However I am using asciiread to read the data string back into ncl
>> and then
>> use the array to open a new file. The above model names are read in
>> using 10
>> ascii elements to accommodate the whole list.
>>
>> So the file name ends up looking like:
>> aom_1 _y8.dat
>> Rather than
>> aom_1_y8.dat
>>
>> So can the character string be trimmed down to non white space
>> characters?
>>
>> I am using ncl v5.1.0
>>
>> jimmyc
>>
>>
>> James Correia Jr., PhD
>> Climate Physics Group
>> Post. Doc.
>> Pacific Northwest National Lab
>>
>> "Wisdom. Strength. Courage. Generosity. Each of us are born with one
>> of
>> these. It is up to us to find the other three inside of us."
>> -Into the West
>>
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