# MBLen_Trim (W*S)

NLS Function: Returns the number of characters in a multibyte-character string, not including trailing blanks.

## Module

USE IFNLS

result = MBLen_Trim (string)

string | (Input) Character*(*). String whose characters are to be counted. Can contain multibyte characters.

## Results

The result type is INTEGER(4). The result is the number of characters in string minus any trailing blanks (blanks are bytes containing character 32 (hex 20) in the ASCII collating sequence).

MBLen_Trim recognizes multibyte-character sequences according to the multibyte codepage currently in use. It does not test for multibyte-character validity.

Parent topic: National Language Support (NLS) Library Routines

## See Also

MBLen
MBStrLead