TRIM$ function

TRIM$ function

Purpose:

TRIM$ removes the following characters from the leading and trailing parts of a string.

ASCII code point 9 CHARACTER TABULATION
ASCII code point 10 LINE FEED
ASCII code point 11 LINE TABULATION
ASCII code point 12 FORM FEED
ASCII code point 13 CARRIAGE RETURN
ASCII code point 32 SPACE

Syntax:

RetStr = TRIM$(MainStr AS STRING)

Return Value:

Data type: STRING
RetStr The trimmed substring of MainStr.

Parameters:

Data type: STRING
MainStr String from which leading and trailing
- ASCII code point 9 CHARACTER TABULATION
- ASCII code point 10 LINE FEED
- ASCII code point 11 LINE TABULATION
- ASCII code point 12 FORM FEED
- ASCII code point 13 CARRIAGE RETURN
- ASCII code point 32 SPACE
characters are to be removed.

Example:

DIM RetStr$

RetStr$ = TRIM$("     ABCDEFG     ")

PRINT RetStr$

Result:

ABCDEFG