trim

description

Syntax

VARCHAR trim(VARCHAR str[, VARCHAR rhs])

When the 'rhs' parameter is not present, remove the continuous spaces that appear from the starting and ending of the 'str' parameter. Otherwise, remove 'rhs'.

example

mysql> SELECT trim('   ab d   ') str;
+------+
| str  |
+------+
| ab d |
+------+

mysql> SELECT trim('ababccaab','ab') str;
+------+
| str  |
+------+
| cca  |
+------+

keywords

TRIM