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
AnsiLeftStrExtracts characters from the left of a string
AnsiMidStrReturns a substring from the middle characters of a string
AnsiRightStrExtracts characters from the right of a string
DeleteDelete a section of characters from a string
TrimLeftRemoves leading blanks from a string
TrimRightRemoves trailing blanks from a string
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Example code : Illustrating Trim, TrimLeft and TrimRight
const
  PaddedString = '  Letters     ';
begin
  ShowMessage('[' + TrimLeft(PaddedString)  + ']');
  ShowMessage('[' + TrimRight(PaddedString) + ']');
  ShowMessage('[' + Trim(PaddedString)      + ']');
end;
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