Trim

$return = trim(string[,trimCharacter[,LEFT | RIGHT]])

Where:

$return

the trimmed string.

string

text to be trimmed.

trimCharacter

the leading and/or trailing character(s) to trim from string. If this parameter contains multiple characters all of the occurrences of these character will be trimmed. If trimCharacter is not specified, then it defaults to a space character. This parameter may be a variable containing the trim character or characters. Enclose trimCharacter in double quotation marks ("") if it contains spaces or commas.

LEFT	trim leading characters from string. If neither LEFT or RIGHT is specified, then both leading and trailing characters are trimmed.

RIGHT

trim trailing characters from string.

The trim command trims leading and/or trailing characters from a variable.

Example

$return = trim($text)

$return = trim($text,0,left)

$return = trim($text," ", right)

$return = trim($text,"$ ")

Sample Script

' trim.txt

' Trim trailing zeros.

$text = "985.2000000"

$return = trim($text,"0",Right)

MsgBox($return)

exit