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# Trim

The **Trim** function returns the given string **S** with all leading and trailing spaces removed.

**Declaration**: function Trim(const S: string): string;

An easy example follows.

```pascal
procedure OnMapEvent(var Value:Variant);
var aString : string;
begin
 //Returns 'This is text with spaces at each end.'
  aString := Trim('  This is text with spaces at each end.  ');

 //Returns and writes 'This is text with spaces at each end.ZZZZ' to the log
  LogInfo(aString+'ZZZZ');

end;
```