12/08/00

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- pad with trailing blanks. Otherwise some comparisons

of the trimmed character string with other strings
can be in error because the original characters are left
behind after shifting. For example, here is a string
before and after shifting, using the old version:
col:12345
MTWH before
MTWHH after (but nc = 4).
03/21/01 - Check for a zero length input string
11/09/01 - Change check for zero length string to check for all blanks
10/19/09 - Strip off tabs