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Oracle® OLAP Expression Syntax Reference
Release 11.2

Part Number E23381-01
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TRIM

TRIM removes leading or trailing characters (or both) from a character string.

Return Value

VARCHAR2

Syntax

TRIM([ { { LEADING | TRAILING | BOTH }[ trim_character ]  
       | trim_character
       }
       FROM 
     ]
     trim_source
    )

Arguments

LEADING removes matching characters from the beginning of the string.

TRAILING removes matching characters from the end of the string.

BOTH removes matching characters from both the beginning and the end of the string. (Default)

trim_character is a single character to be removed. By default, it is a space.

trim_source is the text expression to be trimmed.

Examples

TRIM('0' FROM '00026501.6703000') returns the value 26501.6703.

TRIM(LEADING '!' FROM '!!Help! Help!!') returns the value Help! Help!! .