Adjustl

Function Type:

Function Purpose:

Adjustl takes a character argument removes any leading blanks and places them at the end of the character string.

Required Arguments:

adjustl(string)

String must be a character argument.

The function must output to a character variable.

Optional Arguments:

There are no optional arguments.

Results:

Let us say that the character variable word contains the following character string:

		'     Five_leading_spaces'

and you make it an argument to the adjustl function like so:

		word = adjustl(word)

The variable string will then contain the following character string:

		'Five_leading_spaces     '

For more information and examples see:

lecture twenty five

examples: tadj.f

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