ascii code 32 (hex x20) is the universal blank character. Blank and space are interchangeable terms.
There are other characters that appear as blank or blanks such as tab, nonbreaking space (decimal 160) and others, but SPSS does not treat those as blanks or spaces.
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Jon,
Yes, that is a good way to check for blank items. Thank you.
I'd like to ask what 'trailing blanks' means. That phrase and 'blank padded'
shows up in several places. A space character is ASCII 32 what is the ASCII
code for a blank character (I know that decimal value will be different
depending on locale, etc). I looked at the import/export character set and
didn't see anything that I'd think was a blank character.
Thank you, Gene Maguin
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