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| Description |  | The Trim function removes blank and control characters (such as line feed) from the start and end of a string. |  |  |  | Notes |  | Use TrimLeft or TrimRight to limit the operation to just one end of the string. 
 |  |  |  | Related commands |  | | AnsiLeftStr |  | Extracts characters from the left of a string |  | AnsiMidStr |  | Returns a substring from the middle characters of a string |  | AnsiRightStr |  | Extracts characters from the right of a string |  | Delete |  | Delete a section of characters from a string |  | TrimLeft |  | Removes leading blanks from a string |  | TrimRight |  | Removes trailing blanks from a string | 
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 |  |  | | Example code : Illustrating Trim, TrimLeft and TrimRight |  | const PaddedString = '  Letters     ';
 begin
 ShowMessage('[' + TrimLeft(PaddedString)  + ']');
 ShowMessage('[' + TrimRight(PaddedString) + ']');
 ShowMessage('[' + Trim(PaddedString)      + ']');
 end;
 
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