Description

Use the Trim method to remove spaces (either leading or trailing, or both) and control characters (either leading or trailing, or both) from the string specified by the InputString parameter.

Declaration

aqString.Trim(InputString, Space)

InputString	[in]	Required	String
Space	[in]	Optional	Integer	Default value: stAll
Result	String

Applies To

The method is applied to the following object:

aqString

Parameters

The method has the following parameters:

InputString

Specifies the string from which spaces and control characters should be removed.

Space

Specifies which spaces to remove. You can use an integer or the following constants:

Constant	Value	Description
stLeading	1	Leading spaces will be trimmed.
stTrailing	2	Trailing spaces will be trimmed.
stAll	3	Both leading and trailing spaces will be trimmed.

Result Value

The given string without spaces and control characters.

Example

The code below removes spaces from the " Hello " string.

JavaScript, JScript

function TrimDemo()
{
  var str = " Hello ";

  Log.Message("'" + aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stLeading) + "'"); // Posts 'Hello '
  Log.Message("'" + aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stTrailing) + "'"); // Posts ' Hello'
  Log.Message("'" + aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stAll) + "'"); // Posts 'Hello'
}

Python

def TrimDemo():
  str = " Hello "
  Log.Message("'" + aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stLeading) + "'") # Posts 'Hello '
  Log.Message("'" + aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stTrailing) + "'") # Posts ' Hello' 
  Log.Message("'" + aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stAll) + "'") # Posts 'Hello'

VBScript

Sub TrimDemo
  Dim str
  str = " Hello "

  Log.Message("'" & aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stLeading) & "'") ' Posts 'Hello '
  Log.Message("'" & aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stTrailing) & "'") ' Posts ' Hello'
  Log.Message("'" & aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stAll) & "'") ' Posts 'Hello'

End Sub

DelphiScript

function TrimDemo;
var str;
begin
  str := ' Hello ';

  Log.Message('''' + aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stLeading) + ''''); // Posts 'Hello '
  Log.Message('''' + aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stTrailing) + ''''); // Posts ' Hello'
  Log.Message('''' + aqString.Trim(str, aqString.stAll) + ''''); // Posts 'Hello'
end;