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Chapter FiveGeneral Functions (continued)

TrimPadding Function

Overview

The TrimPadding function trims the white spaces from both the left and right side of a string.

Syntax/Parameters

Syntax

string  = TrimPadding ( string data );

wstring = TrimPadding ( wstring data );

Parameters

data

A string or wstring specifying the source data to be trimmed.

Return Value

Returns a string or wstring containing data trimmed or an empty string on failure. Use the GetLastError function to retrieve error information.

Remarks

The following white space characters will be trimmed:

  Decimal   Hexadecimal   Escape Code   Description
  32   0x20     Space
  8   0x08   \b   Backspace
  9   0x09   \t   Horizontal tab
  10   0x0A   \n   New line
  12   0x0C   \f   Form feed
  13   0x0D   \r   Carriage return

 

The size of the returned string can be retrieved by using the GetLastError function. This can reduce processing time for exceptionally large strings.

Related Functions

Platform Support

Go13, Go16, GoFiler Complete, GoFiler Corporate, GoFiler, GoFiler Lite, GoXBRL

Legato IDE, Legato Basic