Perhaps on occasion you need to remove all spaces in a give string. 
Here is a function that will do the job:


'~trimAllSpaces (removes all spaces from a string)

LOCAL FN trimAllSpaces$( textStr AS STR255 )
DIM trimspace      AS INTEGER
DIM theCharStr     AS STR255
DIM charactersStr  AS STR255
DIM trimmedCharStr AS STR255

      trimspace = 0
     theCharStr = ""
charactersStr  = ""
trimmedCharStr = ""

LONG IF INSTR( 1, textStr, " ") = 0
trimmedCharStr = textStr
EXIT FN
END IF

FOR trimspace = 1 TO textStr[0]

    theCharStr = MID$( textStr, trimspace, 1 )
charactersStr = charactersStr + theCharStr

LONG IF theCharStr = " "
charactersStr = MID$( charactersStr, 1, charactersStr[0] - 1 )
END IF

NEXT trimspace

trimmedCharStr = charactersStr

END FN = trimmedCharStr

DIM myStr AS STR255

myStr = "I wonder how many spaces will be    trimmed from    this 
string  ! ? ! ? !  "

PRINT:Print "FN trimAllSpaces$ all the spaces in this string:"
PRINT FN trimAllSpaces$( myStr )