Description

Removes leading and trailing spaces and control characters from a string.

Returns

A copy of the string parameter, after removing leading and trailing spaces and control characters.

Category

String functions

Function syntax

Trim(string)

See also

LTrim, RTrim

Parameters

Example

<h3>Trim Example</h3>
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.myText")>
    <cfoutput>
        <pre>
            Your string:    "#FORM.myText#"
            Your string:    "#Trim(FORM.myText)#"
            (trimmed on both sides)
        </pre>
    </cfoutput>
</cfif>
<form method = "post" action = "trim.cfm">
<p>Type in some text, and it will be modified by trim to remove leading 
    spaces from the left and right
<p><input type = "Text" name = "myText" value = " TEST ">
<p><input type = "Submit" name = "">
</form>