RTRIM Function
The RTRIM function trims a specified set of characters from the end of a string.
Syntax
RTRIM( string, trim_chars )
Arguments
- string
-
The string column or expression to be trimmed.
- trim_chars
-
A string column or expression representing the characters to be trimmed from the end of string.
Return Type
A string that is the same data type as the string argument.
Example
The following example trims the characters 'Park' from the end of VENUENAME where present:
select venueid, venuename, rtrim(venuename, 'Park') from venue order by 1, 2, 3 limit 10; venueid | venuename | rtrim --------+----------------------------+------------------------- 1 | Toyota Park | Toyota 2 | Columbus Crew Stadium | Columbus Crew Stadium 3 | RFK Stadium | RFK Stadium 4 | CommunityAmerica Ballpark | CommunityAmerica Ballp 5 | Gillette Stadium | Gillette Stadium 6 | New York Giants Stadium | New York Giants Stadium 7 | BMO Field | BMO Field 8 | The Home Depot Center | The Home Depot Cente 9 | Dick's Sporting Goods Park | Dick's Sporting Goods 10 | Pizza Hut Park | Pizza Hut (10 rows)
Note that RTRIM removes any of the characters P
, a
,
r
, or k
when they appear at the end of a VENUENAME.