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Revision as of 14:41, 7 December 2009

Purpose

Function to remove trailing blanks


Syntax

RTRIM(<expC>)


See Also

ALLTRIM(), LTRIM(), STRTRAN(), TRIM()


Description

The RTRIM() function is synonymous with the TRIM() function. This function removes trailing blank characters from the character expression <expC>. This function should be used in conjunction with the RPAD() function when used in index expressions.


Example

fname = "Christopher         "
sname = "Thompson    "
? len(fname)
        20
? len(rtrim(fname))
        11
? rtrim(fname) + " " + rtrim(sname)
Christopher Thompson


Products

Recital, Recital Server