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CHR_TRUNC  -  Truncate a string at a given delimiter

Description:
The given string is truncated at the first occurrence of the given delimiter character. The delimiter character and all subsequent characters are replaced by blanks. If no delimiter character is found in the string, no truncation takes place. This routine is effectively a combination of INDEX and CHR_TERM.

Invocation:
CALL CHR_TRUNC( DELIM, STRING )

Arguments:
DELIM = CHARACTER 1 (Given)
The truncation delimiter character.
STRING = CHARACTER ( ) (Given and Returned)
The string to be truncated. All characters from, and including, the first occurrence of DELIM will be replaced with blanks.



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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