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34 <helpdocument version=
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36 <topic id=
"textsbasicshared03120311xml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
37 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Trim Function [Runtime]
</title>
38 <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/
03120311.xhp
</filename>
41 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
42 <lastedited date=
"2005-01-03T15:50:32">converted from old format - fpe
43 dedr: fixed #i30791#
</lastedited>
48 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3150616"><bookmark_value>Trim function
</bookmark_value>
50 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3150616" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"1"><link href=
"text/sbasic/shared/03120311.xhp" name=
"Trim Function [Runtime]">Trim Function [Runtime]
</link></paragraph>
51 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149177" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2">Removes all leading and trailing spaces from a string expression.
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3159157" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"3">Syntax:
</paragraph>
54 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3155341" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"4">Trim( Text As String )
</paragraph>
55 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3155388" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"5">Return value:
</paragraph>
56 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3143228" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"6">String
</paragraph>
57 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3145609" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"7">Parameters:
</paragraph>
58 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3159414" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"8">
59 <emph>Text:
</emph> Any string expression.
</paragraph>
60 <embed href=
"text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/>
61 <embed href=
"text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/>
62 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3148663" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"10">Example:
</paragraph>
63 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150398" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"11">Sub ExampleSpaces
</paragraph>
64 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153525" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"12">Dim sText2 as String,sText as String,sOut as String
</paragraph>
65 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154908" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"13">sText2 =
" <*Las Vegas*> "</paragraph>
66 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3144760" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"15">sOut =
"'"+sText2 +
"'"+ Chr(
13)
</paragraph>
67 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3151383" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"16">sText = Ltrim(sText2) REM sText =
"<*Las Vegas*> "</paragraph>
68 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3151044" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"17">sOut = sOut +
"'"+sText +
"'" + Chr(
13)
</paragraph>
69 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3159149" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"18">sText = Rtrim(sText2) REM sText =
" <*Las Vegas*>"</paragraph>
70 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150449" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"19">sOut = sOut +
"'"+ sText +
"'" + Chr(
13)
</paragraph>
71 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3149562" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"CHG" oldref=
"20">sText = Trim(sText2) REM sText =
"<*Las Vegas*>"</paragraph>
72 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3161831" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"21">sOut = sOut +
"'"+ sText +
"'"</paragraph>
73 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3146120" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"22">MsgBox sOut
</paragraph>
74 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3145364" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"23">end sub
</paragraph>