TRIM — Remove trailing blank characters of a string#

TRIM(STRING)#

Removes trailing blank characters of a string.

Parameters:: STRING – Shall be a scalar of type CHARACTER.
Returns:: A scalar of type CHARACTER which length is that of STRING less the number of trailing blanks.

Standard:

Fortran 90 and later

Class:

Transformational function

Syntax:

RESULT = TRIM(STRING)

Example:

PROGRAM test_trim
  CHARACTER(len=10), PARAMETER :: s = "GFORTRAN  "
  WRITE(*,*) LEN(s), LEN(TRIM(s))  ! "10 8", with/without trailing blanks
END PROGRAM