TRIML

TRIML

The TRIML function removes leading spaces from a string.

Syntax 1

function triml (arg-1)

Syntax 2

$triml (arg-1)

Arguments

• arg-1 must be a alphanumeric data item or literal.

Result

The function returns the value of arg-1 stripped of leading spaces.

Examples

Example - Display a combined message after trimming the spaces from the variable part.

working-storage section.

77 w-name pic x(32) value " John".

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procedure division.

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display "Hello " function triml(w-name) ", how are you?".