I can't think of anything better than that. However,

? fulltrim(",@#$a&&bc$%^") causes an error

--- Malcolm Greene <profox@bdurham.com> wrote:

> Any suggestions on how I can quickly alltrim all

> non-alpha chars from a

> string via either a clever VFP technique, FoxTools

> FLL function, or

> Win32 API call?

>

> My current approach below. But certainly there must

> be a more efficient

> way?

>

> NOTE: I want to preserve embedded non-alpha chars. I

> just want to remove

> leading and trailing non-alpha chars.

>

> <code>

>

> function fulltrim( pcStr )

> for lnChar = 1 to len( pcStr )

> if isalpha( substr( pcStr, lnChar, 1 ) )

> exit

> endif

> endfor

> pcStr = substr( pcStr, lnChar )

>

> for lnChar = len( pcStr ) to 1 step -1

> if isalpha( substr( pcStr, lnChar, 1 ) )

> exit

> endif

> endfor

> pcStr = left( pcStr, lnChar )

>

> return pcStr

> endfunc

>

> </code>

>

> Thanks,

> Malcolm

>

>

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