My Report o/p format is PDF.

The sample code is as follows
DEFINE FILE TEST
V_FNAME/A10=' ';
V_LNAME=/A20=V_FNAME|' TEST';
END

TABLE FILE TEST
PRINT
V_LNAME
V_DATE
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF
END

When I concatenate (weak concatenation used) two fixed length variables, if one variable is stored with space, space is not getting displayed in the report report.

The name o/p should be " Test"

But I am getting "Test"

How can I retain this space?

Please guide me.

The following code seems to work but gives 10 spaces before the ' TEST'. I added two more fields to demonstrate how each works.

DEFINE FILE CAR
M_FNAME/A10 WITH COUNTRY='----------';
M_LNAME/A20 WITH COUNTRY=M_FNAME|' TEST';
V_FNAME/A10 WITH COUNTRY='-';
V_LNAME/A20 WITH COUNTRY=V_FNAME|' TEST';
X_FNAME/A10 WITH COUNTRY=' ';
X_LNAME/A20 WITH COUNTRY=X_FNAME||' TEST';
END

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT M_LNAME OVER V_LNAME OVER X_LNAME
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF
END

I hope this helps.

Removing the typos to give -

DEFINE FILE TEST
V_FNAME/A10=' ';
V_LNAME/A20=V_FNAME|' TEST';
END

TABLE FILE TEST
PRINT
V_LNAME
-*V_DATE
ON TABLE SET ONLINE-FMT PDF
END

I get TEST preceded by 11 spaces.

T

p.s. are you using proportional fonts?

and the ever-popular
V_LNAME/A20=V_FNAME|'&|nbsp;TEST';