Trim

Description

Removes leading and trailing spaces from a string.

Returns

A copy of string, after removing leading and trailing spaces.

Category

String functions

Function syntax

Trim(string)

See also

LTrim, RTrim

Parameters

Parameter Description

string

A string or a variable that contains one

Example

<h3>Trim Example</h3>
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.myText")>
   <cfoutput>
      <pre>
         Your string:   "#FORM.myText#"
         Your string:   "#Trim(FORM.myText)#"
         (trimmed on both sides)
      </pre>
   </cfoutput>
</cfif>
<form method = "post" action = "trim.cfm">
<p>Type in some text, and it will be modified by trim to remove leading 
spaces from the left and right
<p><input type = "Text" name = "myText" value = "   TEST   ">
<p><input type = "Submit" name = "">
</form>

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