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trim_end()

Removes trailing match of the specified regular expression.

Syntax

trim_end(regex, source)

Arguments

  • regex: String or regular expression to be trimmed from the end of source.
  • source: A string.

Returns

source after trimming matches of regex found in the end of source.

Example

Statement bellow trims substring from the end of string_to_trim:

let string_to_trim = @"ibm.com";
let substring = ".com";
print string_to_trim = string_to_trim,trimmed_string = trim_end(substring,string_to_trim)

Returns

string_to_trim trimmed_string
ibm.com ibm

Next statement trims all non-word characters from the end of the string:

print str = strcat("-  ","Te st",x,@"// $")
| extend trimmed_str = trim_end(@"[^\w]+",str)

Returns

str trimmed_str
  • Te st1// $
  • Te st1
  • Te st2// $
  • Te st2
  • Te st3// $
  • Te st3
  • Te st4// $
  • Te st4
  • Te st5// $
  • Te st5