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

An INTENT(IN) CHARACTER

KIND (optional)

An INTENT(IN) INTEGER scalar. The actual argument corresponding to KIND must be a 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.