Removes trailing DBCS blanks and SO/SI from character expressions.
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DBCS
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| Restriction: |
I18N Level 2
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| Tip: |
Non-DBCS equivalent function is TRIM in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.
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- argument
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specifies any SAS character expression.
KTRIM copies a character argument, removes all trailing
blanks, and returns the trimmed argument as a result. If the argument is blank,
KTRIM returns one blank. KTRIM is useful for concatenating because concatenation
does not remove trailing blanks.
Assigning the results of KTRIM to a variable does not affect the length
of the receiving variable. If the trimmed value is shorter than the length
of the receiving variable, SAS pads the value with new blanks as it assigns
it to the variable.
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