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Trim

 

Description

Removes leading and trailing spaces and control characters from a string.

Returns

A copy of the string parameter, after removing leading and trailing spaces and control characters.

Category

String functions

Function syntax

Trim(string)
Trim(string)
Trim(string)

See also

LTrimRTrim

Parameters

Parameter

Description

string

A string or a variable that contains a string.

Example

<cfscript>
string=" This is a typical Hello World string "
writeOutput(Trim(string))
</cfscript>
<cfscript> string=" This is a typical Hello World string " writeOutput(Trim(string)) </cfscript>
<cfscript>
    string="    This is a typical      Hello World    string       "
    writeOutput(Trim(string))
</cfscript>

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