https://community.qlik.com/t5/Installing-and-Upgrading/tMap-truncate-String/m-p/2398716#M9020 hi, <BR />TY. <BR />My problem was de definition of my input file. <BR />In the row separator fields i had : "" instead of "\n" <BR />in that case the comportment is different. <BR />with "\n" it conserve beginning " " of field <BR />with "" it suppress beginning " " of field Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:36:20 GMT Anonymous 2007-07-30T10:36:20Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Installing-and-Upgrading/tMap-truncate-String/m-p/2398714#M9018 hi, <BR />I have to treat some file wich line begin with Spaces... like that : <BR />" ABCDEFG" <BR />if i make a simple mapping direct <BR />InfilePositional ( 1 column, String, size : 12 ) -&gt; tMap -&gt; OutfilePositional ( 1 column, String, size : 12 ) <BR />in the out file i obtain : "ABCDEFG" without the 5 spaces... <BR />Is it normal ? <BR />Is it possible to suppress the TRIM left ? Sat, 16 Nov 2024 14:34:13 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Installing-and-Upgrading/tMap-truncate-String/m-p/2398714#M9018 Anonymous 2024-11-16T14:34:13Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Installing-and-Upgrading/tMap-truncate-String/m-p/2398715#M9019 I test your example with TOS 2.1.1 and it seems work well...<BR />" ABCDEFG" is stored in the two output files. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:19:09 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Installing-and-Upgrading/tMap-truncate-String/m-p/2398715#M9019 amaumont 2007-07-27T17:19:09Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Installing-and-Upgrading/tMap-truncate-String/m-p/2398716#M9020 hi, <BR />TY. <BR />My problem was de definition of my input file. <BR />In the row separator fields i had : "" instead of "\n" <BR />in that case the comportment is different. <BR />with "\n" it conserve beginning " " of field <BR />with "" it suppress beginning " " of field Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:36:20 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Installing-and-Upgrading/tMap-truncate-String/m-p/2398716#M9020 Anonymous 2007-07-30T10:36:20Z