7.129 LEN_TRIM — Length of a character entity without trailing blank characters

Description:

Returns the length of a character string, ignoring any trailing blanks.

Standard:

Fortran 95 and later, with KIND argument Fortran 2003 and later

Class:

Elemental function

Syntax:

RESULT = LEN_TRIM(STRING [, KIND])

Arguments:

STRING	Shall be a scalar of type CHARACTER, with INTENT(IN)
KIND	(Optional) An INTEGER initialization expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.

Return value:

The return value is of type INTEGER and of kind KIND. If KIND is absent, the return value is of default integer kind.

See also:

LEN, ADJUSTL, ADJUSTR