ROWCATC Function

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ROWCATC Function

concatenates rows using blank compression

ROWCATC( matrix<, rows<, columns>>);

The inputs to the ROWCATC function are as follows:

matrix: is a character matrix or quoted literal.
rows: select the rows of matrix.
columns: select the columns of matrix.

The ROWCATC function works the same way as the ROWCAT function except that blanks in element strings are moved to the end of the concatenation. For example, the statements

   b={"ABC"  "D  "  "EF ",
      " GH"  " I "  " JK"};
   a=rowcatc(b);

produce the matrix A as shown:

      A        2 rows      1 col     (character, size 9)

                        ABCDEF
                        GHIJK

Quotes (") are needed only if you want to embed blanks or special characters or to maintain uppercase and lowercase distinctions.

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