TRIM( ) Function
Removes all trailing spaces or parsing characters from the specified character expression, or all trailing zero (0) bytes from the specified binary expression.
TRIM(cExpression [, nFlags] [, cParseChar [, cParseChar2 [, ...]]])
Parameters
cExpression
Specifies an expression of Character or Varbinary type to remove all trailing spaces or 0 bytes from, respectively.nFlags
Specifies if trimming is case-sensitive when one or more parse characters (cParseChar, cParseChar2, … are included. Trimming is case-sensitive if nFlags is zero or is omitted. Trimming is case-insensitive if nFlags 1.cParseChar [, cParseChar2 [, ...]]
Specifies one or more character strings that are trimmed from the end of cExpression. If cParseChar isn't included, then trailing spaces or 0 bytes are removed from Expression.Note The maximum number of strings permitted in cParseChar is 23.
Return Value
Character or Varbinary. TRIM( ) returns the specified expression without trailing spaces or parsing characters, or 0 bytes.
Remarks
TRIM( ) is identical to RTRIM( ).
Example
CLOSE DATABASES
OPEN DATABASE (HOME(2) + 'Data\testdata')
USE customer && Opens Customer table
CLEAR
? 'The contact for '+ TRIM(company) + ' is ' + contact