StrTrim function
Removes specified leading and trailing characters from a string.
Syntax
BOOL StrTrim( _Inout_ PTSTR psz, _In_ PCTSTR pszTrimChars );
Parameters
- psz [in, out]
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Type: PTSTR
A pointer to the null-terminated string to be trimmed. When this function returns successfully, psz receives the trimmed string.
- pszTrimChars [in]
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Type: PCTSTR
A pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the characters to trim from psz.
Return value
Type: BOOL
TRUE if any characters were removed; otherwise, FALSE.
Examples
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream.h>
#include "Shlwapi.h"
void main(void)
{
//String one
TCHAR buffer[ ] = TEXT("_!ABCDEFG#");
TCHAR trim[ ] = TEXT("#A!_\0");
cout << "The string before calling StrTrim: ";
cout << buffer;
cout << "\n";
StrTrim(buffer, trim);
cout << "The string after calling StrTrim: ";
cout << buffer;
cout << "\n";
}
OUTPUT:
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The string before calling StrTrim: _!ABCDEFG#
The string after calling StrTrim: BCDEFG
Requirements
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Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only] |
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Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
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Unicode and ANSI names | StrTrimW (Unicode) and StrTrimA (ANSI) |
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Build date: 11/28/2012
