Trim

Description

Removes leading and trailing spaces and control characters from a string.

Returns

A copy of the string parameter, after removing leading and trailing spaces and control characters.

Category

String functions

Function syntax

Trim(string)

See also

LTrim, RTrim

Parameters

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>