len_trim(string): Length Ignoring Trailing Blanks¶

Length of a character string ignoring trailing blank character(s).

Declaration¶

Syntax¶

retval = len_trim(string)
integer elemental function len_trim(string)

Arguments¶

string the input value of character type.

Return value¶

The return value is of type unsigned integer.

Description¶

len_trim(string) returns the length of the character argument without including trailing blank character(s).

Types¶

Supported argument type is character scalar.

interface repeat
    module procedure repeati32, repeati64
end interface

contains

integer elemental function len_trim(string)
    character(len=*), intent(in) :: string
end function

Examples¶

program intrinsics_len_trim
    implicit none
    character(*), parameter :: s1 = " A B "
    integer:: retval
    retval = len_trim(s1)
    print *, retval
end program

Result: