TRIM( ) Function

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Removes all trailing spaces or parsing characters from the specified character expression, or all trailing zero (0) bytes from the specified binary expression.

TRIM(cExpression [, nFlags] [, cParseChar [, cParseChar2 [, ...]]])

Parameters

  • cExpression
    Specifies an expression of Character or Varbinary type to remove all trailing spaces or 0 bytes from, respectively.

  • nFlags
    Specifies if trimming is case-sensitive when one or more parse characters (cParseChar, cParseChar2, … are included. Trimming is case-sensitive if nFlags is zero or is omitted. Trimming is case-insensitive if nFlags 1.

  • cParseChar [, cParseChar2 [, ...]]
    Specifies one or more character strings that are trimmed from the end of cExpression. If cParseChar isn't included, then trailing spaces or 0 bytes are removed from Expression.

    Note   The maximum number of strings permitted in cParseChar is 23.

Return Value

Character or Varbinary. TRIM( ) returns the specified expression without trailing spaces or parsing characters, or 0 bytes.

Remarks

TRIM( ) is identical to RTRIM( ).

Example

CLOSE DATABASES
OPEN DATABASE (HOME(2) + 'Data\testdata')
USE customer  && Opens Customer table
CLEAR
? 'The contact for '+ TRIM(company) + ' is ' + contact

See Also

Reference

ALLTRIM( ) Function

LTRIM( ) Function

RTRIM( ) Function

Other Resources

Functions

Language Reference (Visual FoxPro)