2 Instruction Descriptions
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NJ-series Instructions Reference Manual (W502)
TrimL and TrimR
z TrimL
The TrimL instruction deletes blank characters from the beginning of string to trim In. If there are no
blank characters at the beginning of the text string, nothing is done.
z TrimR
The TrimR instruction deletes blank characters from the end of string to trim In. If there are no blank
characters at the end of the text string, nothing is done.
Both instructions output a NULL character at the end of the text string. Both ASCII spaces (16#20) and
two-byte Japanese spaces (16#E38080) are treated as blank characters.
TrimL: Removes blank space from the beginning of a text string.
TrimR: Removes blank space from the end of a text string.
Instruction Name FB/FUN Graphic expression ST expression
TrimL Trim String Left FUN Out:=TrimL(In);
TrimR Trim String Right FUN Out:=TrimR(In);
Variables
Name Meaning I/O Description Valid range Unit Default
In String to
trim
Input Text string to trim Depends on data type.
--- ''
Out Trimming
result
Output Text string after trimming Depends on data type.
--- ---
Boolean
Bit strings Integers
Real
numbers
Times, durations,
dates, and text strings
BOOL
BYTE
WORD
DWORD
LWORD
USINT
UINT
UDINT
ULINT
SINT
INT
DINT
LINT
REAL
LREAL
TIME
DATE
TOD
DT
STRING
In OK
Out OK
Function
(@)TrimL
EN ENO
In Out
(@)TrimR
EN ENO
In Out