# How to remove trailing characters? **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-Code-Samples\ **Created:** [July 1, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-remove-trailing-characters/204420 "2019-07-01T18:53:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jerome\_LeBlanc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/jerome_leblanc/32/111_2.png) [@Jerome\_LeBlanc](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Jerome_LeBlanc)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-remove-trailing-characters/204420/21 "2019-08-29T15:54:18Z")
While \*TRIM is available for static variables, the result is no different than a MOVE LEFT JUSTIFIED statement. \*TRIM(#A,TRAILING) has no affect on a static variable. Example: ```auto DEFINE DATA LOCAL 1 #A (A8) INIT <' text '> 1 #B (A8) 1 #D (A) DYNAMIC END-DEFINE * MOVE *TRIM(#A,TRAILING) TO #B MOVE *TRIM(#A,TRAILING) TO #D WRITE '=' #A ':' #A (EM=HHHHHHHH) / '=' #B ':' #B (EM=HHHHHHHH) / '=' #D (AL=8) ':' #D (EM=HHHHHHHH) END ``` Result: ```auto #A: text : 40A385A7A3404040 #B: text : 40A385A7A3404040 #D: text : 40A385A7A3 ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-remove-trailing-characters/204420/22 "2021-04-02T15:43:03Z")
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