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TRIM

 TRIM (string)

 Class:  Transformational function - Generic

 Returns the argument with trailing blanks removed.

 The "string" is a scalar of type character.  The result is of type
 character with the same kind type parameter as "string".  Its
 length is the length of "string" minus the number of trailing
 blanks in "string".

 The value of the result is the same as "string", except any
 trailing blanks are removed.  If "string" contains only blank
 characters, the result has zero length.

 Examples:

 TRIM ('  NAME    ') has the value '  NAME'.

 TRIM ('  C  D     ') has the value '  C  D'.