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Edit strings

CHR_APPND
-- Copy one string into another, ignoring trailing blanks.
CHR_CLEAN
-- Remove all unprintable characters from a string.
CHR_COPY
-- Copy one string into another, checking for truncation.
CHR_DCWRD
-- Split a string into its component words.
CHR_FILL
-- Fill a string with a given character.
CHR_LDBLK
-- Remove any leading blanks from a string.
CHR_LINBR
-- Break a line of text into a sequence of shorter lines.
CHR_PFORM
-- Reformat a paragraph to a new width.
CHR_PREFX
-- Prefix a string with a substring.
CHR_RJUST
-- Right-justify a string.
CHR_RMBLK
-- Remove all blanks from a string.
CHR_RMCHR
-- Remove all specified characters from a string.
CHR_SORT
-- Sort an array of character strings into alphabetical order.
CHR_SWAP
-- Swap two single-character variables.
CHR_TERM
-- Terminate a string by padding out with blanks.
CHR_TRCHR
-- Translate the specified characters in a string.
CHR_TRUNC
-- Truncate a string at a given delimiter.



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CHR Character Handling Routines
Starlink User Note 40
A C Charles
P C T Rees
A J Chipperfield
2 August 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk