ADJUSTL — Left adjust a string

ADJUSTL(STRING)

ADJUSTL(STRING) will left adjust a string by removing leading spaces. Spaces are inserted at the end of the string as needed.

Parameters

STRING – The type shall be CHARACTER.

Returns

The return value is of type CHARACTER and of the same kind as STRING where leading spaces are removed and the same number of spaces are inserted on the end of STRING.

Standard:

Fortran 90 and later

Class:

Elemental function

Syntax:

RESULT = ADJUSTL(STRING)

Example:

program test_adjustl
  character(len=20) :: str = '   gfortran'
  str = adjustl(str)
  print *, str
end program test_adjustl

See also:

ADJUSTR, TRIM