TRIM( ) function

Returns a string with trailing spaces removed from the input string.

Syntax

TRIM(string)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
string	character	The field, expression, or literal value to remove trailing spaces from.

Output

Character.

Examples

Basic examples

Note that in both examples the leading spaces and spaces between words are not removed by the TRIM( ) function.

Returns " Vancouver":

TRIM("   Vancouver   ")

Returns " New York":

TRIM("   New York")

Advanced examples

Removing non-breaking spaces

Non-breaking spaces are not removed by the TRIM( ) function.

If you need to remove trailing non-breaking spaces, create a computed field using the following expression:

DEFINE FIELD Description_cleaned COMPUTED TRIM(REPLACE(Description, CHR(160), CHR(32)))

The REPLACE( ) function replaces any non-breaking spaces with regular spaces, and then TRIM( ) removes any trailing regular spaces.

Remarks

How it works

The TRIM( ) function removes trailing spaces only. Spaces inside the string, and leading spaces, are not removed.

Related functions

TRIM( ) is related to the LTRIM( ) function, which removes any leading spaces from a string, and to the ALLTRIM( ) function, which removes both leading and trailing spaces.