ADJUSTL — Left adjust a string

Description

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

Syntax

RESULT = ADJUSTL(STRING)

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

Class

Elemental function