LEN_TRIM(STRING, KIND)

Purpose

Returns the length of the character argument without counting trailing blank characters.

Class

Elemental function

Argument type and attributes

STRING

must be of type character.

KIND (optional)

must be a scalar integer constant expression.

Result type and attributes

• It is of type integer.
• If KIND is present, the KIND type parameter is that specified by the value of KIND; otherwise, the KIND type parameter is that of default integer type.

Result value

The result has a value equal to the number of characters remaining after any trailing blanks in STRING are removed. If the argument contains no nonblank characters, the result is zero.