.. highlightlang:: us

.. _strtrim:

strtrim
=======

.. index:: strtrim

.. us.tag  strtrim ENGLISH STR

:ref:`strtrim` removes all blank and tab characters from a string matrix.

.. function::  smStringTrim = strtrim(smString)
    smStringTrim = strtrim(smString, nType)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*smStringTrim* is a string matrix without any blank or tab characters at the
start and end.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: smString

   *smString* is a string matrix.

.. uparam:: nType

   is one of the following values:

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Value
     - Meaning
   * - 0
     - Remove all blank and tab characters (Default),
   * - 1
     - Remove all blank and tab characters at the beginning
   * - 2
     - Remove all blank and tab characters at the end
   * - 3
     - Remove all blank and tab characters at the end and beginning

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-strings`,
   :ref:`strtok`,
   :ref:`strfindreplace`

:sub:`id-1819045`