09-23-2008
Triming spaces for any variable
Hi,
I want to trim the spaces on left side of the variable value. For eg: if it is 4 spaces followed by value, All the spaces on the left should be supressed.
Easy but want it quickly.
Regards,
Shiv@jad
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