OK, I'm wrong for a 2nd time today!

It's time to actually create an example:

Here's a file with one field, X4, leading spaces:

>fo data
    File: DATA.PAUL.TECHSUP     (SD Version B.00.00)
       Entry:                     Offset
          X4                   X4      1
    Limit: 3  EOF: 3  Entry Length: 4  Blocking: 64
>in data;o*;x
  23
   5
 123
IN=3, OUT=3. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.

Now define a new DISPLAY field and perform and arithmetic
operation on it, so that Suprtool actually zero fills the field:

>in data
>def z4,1,4,display
>ext z4 = z4 * 1
>out data2
>x
Warning:  Using Output DATA2,Link
IN=3, OUT=3. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.


Now let's look at the file, and what the data looks like now:

>fo data2
    File: DATA2.PAUL.TECHSUP     (SD Version B.00.00)
       Entry:                     Offset
          Z4                   Z4      1
    Limit: 3  EOF: 3  Entry Length: 4  Blocking: 64
>in data2;o*;x
0023
0005
0123
IN=3, OUT=3. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.


Sorry for the misleading previous posts.

/paul

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