$CPU 8086 ' make compatible with XT systems $LIB ALL OFF ' turn off all PowerBASIC libraries $ERROR ALL OFF ' turn off all PowerBASIC error checking $OPTIMIZE SIZE ' optimize for smaller code $COMPILE UNIT ' compile to a UNIT (.PBU) '$COMPILE EXE ' compile to a UNIT (.PBU) DEFINT A-Z ' Required for all numeric functions, forces PB to not ' include floating point in UNIT (makes it smaller) '/*------------------------------------------------------------------*/ $CODE SEG "MLIB1" '/*------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNCTION TRIML(Strng$,Amount%) PUBLIC AS STRING IF LEN(Strng$) - 1 >= Amount% THEN TRIML = RIGHT$(Strng$,LEN(Strng$) - Amount%) ELSE TRIML = Strng$ END IF END FUNCTION '/*------------------------------------------------------------------*/ ' CLS ' PRINT TRIML(" abc",2) ' PRINT TRIML("AB",2) ' INPUT Z