TRIM(STRING)

Purpose

Returns the argument with trailing blank characters removed.

Class

Transformational function

Argument type and attributes

STRING

must be of type character and must be a scalar.

Result type and attributes

Character with the same kind type parameter value as STRING and with a length that is the length of STRING less the number of trailing blanks in STRING.

Result value

• The value of the result is the same as STRING, except trailing blanks are removed.
• If STRING contains no nonblank characters, the result has zero length.