TRIM(STRING)

Purpose

Returns the argument with trailing blank characters removed.

Class

Transformational function

Argument type and attributes

STRING

An INTENT(IN) CHARACTER 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.