Trim

returns the input after trimming off all leading and trailing white space characters see https //docs microsoft com/en us/ https //docs microsoft com/en us/ for a definition of white space characters syntax trim(txt) enabled for for a description of the business object categories, see notes on "enabled for" docid\ u26v9fecfs6ilwa0 pvjd business object category yes/no business rules before save rules yes business rules calculation rules (after save, with or without also recalculate on load) yes business rules calculation rules (before save or always, without also recalculate on load) yes business rules calculation rules (before save or always, with recalculate on load) yes business rules editing rules yes business rules initialization rules yes business rules read only rules yes business rules required rules yes business rules validation rules yes client expressions yes object permissions yes services yes ldap yes mobile yes quick actions (except ui quick actions) yes ui quick actions yes reports yes search/dashboard without field references yes search/dashboard with field references yes parameters parameter description txt the text to trim return value text value example in the following example, notice that there is a leading space before the phrase, and a trailing space after the phrase $(trim(" this is an example ")) the example above returns "this is an example"