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TRIM

 

Syntax: @TRIM(S)

S = a string value

@TRIM returns the string formed by removing leading, trailing and consecutive embedded spaces from string S.

Examples:

@TRIM(`` Alpha Beta Gamma '') = ``Alpha Beta Gamma''

@TRIM(R5) = ``There's no place like home.'', where R5 = ``There's no place like home.''


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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999