Arguments

string

   Specifies a character string to be edited. Quoted sections of the
   string are not edited.


edit-list

   Specifies a character string containing one or more of the
   following keywords that specify the types of edits to be made
   to the string:

   Edit          Action

   COLLAPSE      Removes all spaces or tabs.
   COMPRESS      Replaces multiple spaces or tabs with a single
                 space.
   LOWERCASE     Changes all uppercase characters to lowercase.
   TRIM          Removes leading and trailing spaces or tabs.
   UNCOMMENT     Removes comments.
   UPCASE        Changes all lowercase characters to uppercase.

   If you specify more than one keyword, separate them with commas
   (,).  Do not abbreviate these keywords.

   Edits are not applied to quoted sections of strings; therefore,
   if a string contains quotation marks (" "),  the characters
   within the quotation marks are not affected by the edits
   specified in the edit list.

                                  NOTE

      When UPCASE is specified with LOWERCASE in an edit-list,
      UPCASE takes precedence.