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::::::::: I'd say the language is rather strict about the SPACE builtin-function. White space in Rexx source code is a different matter. --[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] ([[User talk:Walterpachl|talk]]) 09:35, 8 June 2013 (UTC). Afterthought: How does Strip behave in REXXes that I do not have? You mention blank in your version 1 of this task's solutions.
:::::::::: You say ''the language'', but that is ambiguous. It depends what definition is being used for the implementation. I always preferred IBM's documents for Classic REXX (CMS and TSO REXX reference) as they are clean, concise, and consistent). Regina REXX's documentation is incomplete, has conflicting information, many terms aren't defined. The Regina PDF documentation states that the document is to provide an overview of the REXX Language and the Regina implementation of the REXX Language. It is not intended as a definitive reference to REXX; you should really have a copy of the REXX "bible"; ''The REXX Language,'' by ''Mike Colwishaw'' [TRL2]. There seems to be a lot of conflicts between the two documents. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 00:09, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
::::::::::: There is an ANSI Standard that you can refer to. Yes I know that many REXXes don't implement that exactly (think of --, $, #, a=) but there's no doubt, I THINK, about SPACE(string,n,CHAR) and the like. You did not respond to my question regarding the STRIP bif. --[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] ([[User talk:Walterpachl|talk]]) 05:31, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
<br><br>The following is a simplier albeit restricted version of a REXX program elsewhere on Rosetta Code:
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