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8.9 ADJUSTL — Left adjust a string ¶

Synopsis:

RESULT = ADJUSTL(STRING)

Description:

ADJUSTL(STRING) left adjusts a string by removing leading spaces. Spaces are inserted at the end of the string as needed.

Class:

Elemental function

Arguments:

STRING

The type shall be CHARACTER.

Return value:

The return value is of type CHARACTER and of the same kind as STRING where leading spaces are removed and the same number of spaces are inserted on the end of STRING.

Example:

program test_adjustl
  character(len=20) :: str = '   gfortran'
  str = adjustl(str)
  print *, str
end program test_adjustl

Standard:

Fortran 90 and later

See also:

ADJUSTR — Right adjust a string,
TRIM — Remove trailing blank characters of a string