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TRIM [esql-trim]

Syntax

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Parameters

string

String expression. If null, the function returns null.

Description

Removes leading and trailing whitespaces from a string.

Supported types

string	result
keyword	keyword
text	keyword

Example

ROW message = "   some text  ",  color = " red "
| EVAL message = TRIM(message)
| EVAL color = TRIM(color)

message:s	color:s
some text	red