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Name: bitstrip() - strip high bits from string
Usage: <string> = bitstrip(<string>)
Params: string <string> - the string to strip
Returns: a string equal to <string> but the high bit of all the
characters has been set to 0
---------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
ws1 = fopen("wsfile.doc")
asc2 = fcreate("ascii.txt")
do while .not. feof(ws1)
fwriteline(asc2,bitstrip(freadline(ws1)))
enddo
Note: This function is useful for converting Wordstar document files
to pure ascii.
See Also: freadline() fwriteline() _upper() _lower() capitalize()
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