removing whitespaces from string

[MrSandman666]

Hey, it's me again!

This time I'm having problems to find out whether a string actually contains any information. Sometimes I have empty strings of various lenght that contain nothing but blanks. Is there a possibility to test this? strlen() counts blank spaces, so that doesn't work unless there is a way to remove all whitespaces (or only starting and trailing ones). Or is there a function that tests for any 'real' characters in a string?

Thanx in advance (...again...)

 

[mymou]

Cant you just use trim in this case?

If Len(x) = Len(Trim(x)) Then 'etc

Stew

 

[MrSandman666]

Thanks!!!
I didn't know about the Trim() function. For some reason it's not in my VB reference. I knew (and still know) that there is a trim function in PHP, so I looked whether they had in VB and all I found was nothingness.

Thanks, that was a great help.

 

[mymou]

It's never that easy.

Still waiting for 'It solved that problem but...'

Stew

 

[MrSandman666]

Well, actually it was that easy. It solved that problem and now everything works perfectly fine. Sometimes "it's the little things" to say it with the words of my dear friend Alice Cooper.