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NAME

trim(3f) - [FORTRAN:INTRINSIC:CHARACTER] Remove trailing blank characters of a string

SYNTAX

result = trim(string)

DESCRIPTION

Removes trailing blank characters of a string.

ARGUMENTS

STRING	Shall be a scalar of type CHARACTER.

RETURN VALUE

A scalar of type CHARACTER which length is that of STRING less the number of trailing blanks.

EXAMPLE

Sample program:

    program demo_trim
    implicit none
      character(len=10), parameter :: s = "gfortran  "
      write(*,*) len(s), len(trim(s))  ! "10 8", with/without trailing blanks
    end program demo_trim

STANDARD

[[Fortran 95]] and later

CLASS

Transformational function

SEE ALSO

Functions that perform operations on character strings, return lengths of arguments, and search for certain arguments:

Elemental:
	adjustl(3), adjustr(3), index(3), len_trim(3), scan(3), verify(3)
Nonelemental:
	repeat(3), trim(3)

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trim (3)

March 11, 2021

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