Description
Removes spaces from the end of a string.
Syntax
RightTrim ( string {, removeallspaces } )
Argument |
Description |
---|---|
string |
The string you want returned with trailing blanks deleted |
removeallspaces |
A boolean indicating that all types of spaces should be deleted |
Return value
String. Returns a copy of string with trailing blanks deleted if it succeeds and the empty string ("") if an error occurs. If any argument's value is null, RightTrim returns null.
Usage
If you do not include the optional removeallspaces argument or its value is false, only the space character (U+0020) is removed from the string.
If the removeallspaces argument is set to true, all types of space characters are removed. See LeftTrim for a list of space characters.
Examples
This statement returns RUTH if all the trailing blanks are space characters:
RightTrim("RUTH ")
This statement returns RUTH if the trailing blanks include other types of white space characters:
RightTrim("RUTH ", true)
See also
RightTrim method for DataWindows in the section called “RightTrim” in DataWindow Reference.