Platform

x64, Win32

Purpose

To obtain the position of the first non-blank character.

Syntax

INTEGER (KIND=2) FUNCTION NONBLK(A)
CHARACTER (LEN=*) A

Return value

NONBLK returns the position of the first non-blank character in the character argument A. If the argument is wholly blank, 0 is returned.

Notes

This is a Silverfrost library function. The standard intrinsic function VERIFY can be used instead.