Trailing blanks are being deleted for variables

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

Trailing blanks are being deleted for variables

Environment

Release: AOATAM99000-8.0-Automic-One Automation Tools-Application Manager
Component:

Resolution

Detailed Description and Symptoms

When using variables to safe or pass values, trailing blanks are being deleted. Leading blanks will be saved/passed. Using trailing blanks was possible in version 6.

example:

:set &a# = 'test ' will be saved/passed with the value 'test'
:set &a# = ' test' will be saved/passed with the value ' test'

Solution

As a workaround you can save/pass the value with a character (not blank) at the end after the trailing blanks and you can truncate this character when reading the value