RightTrim
PowerScript function
Description
Removes spaces from the end of a string.
Syntax
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RightTrim ( string {, removeallspaces } ) |
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Argument |
Description |
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|
string |
The string you want returned with trailing blanks |
|
removeallspaces |
A boolean indicating that all types of spaces should be |
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:
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RightTrim("RUTH ") |
This statement returns RUTH if the trailing blanks include other
types of white space characters:
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RightTrim("RUTH ", true) |
See also
RightTrim method for DataWindows in the section called “RightTrim” in DataWindow Reference.