DelphiBasics Trim Function Removes leading and trailing blanks from a string SysUtils unit

1  function Trim(const Text String):String; 2  function Trim (const Text WideString:WideString;

Description The Trim function removes blank and control characters (such as line feed) from the start and end of a string. Notes Use TrimLeft or TrimRight to limit the operation to just one end of the string. Related commands AnsiLeftStr Extracts characters from the left of a string AnsiMidStr Returns a substring from the middle characters of a string AnsiRightStr Extracts characters from the right of a string Delete Delete a section of characters from a string TrimLeft Removes leading blanks from a string TrimRight Removes trailing blanks from a string  Download this web site as a Windows program.

Example code : Illustrating Trim, TrimLeft and TrimRight const   PaddedString = '  Letters     '; begin   ShowMessage('[' + TrimLeft(PaddedString)  + ']');   ShowMessage('[' + TrimRight(PaddedString) + ']');   ShowMessage('[' + Trim(PaddedString)      + ']'); end; Show full unit code   [Letters ]   [ Letters]   [Letters]

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