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Functions / String Functions And Operators

btrim

Read the PG 18 manual

Removes the longest string containing only characters in characters (a space by default) from the start and end of string.

Reading PG 18current·documented in 27 of 27 versions, 7.1 to 20

7.17.27.37.48.08.18.28.38.49.09.19.29.39.49.59.61011121314151617181920

Signatures & examples

btrim ( string text [, characters text ] ) → text
Removes the longest string containing only characters in characters (a space by default) from the start and end of string.
btrim('xyxtrimyyx', 'xyz') → trim
btrim ( bytes bytea, bytesremoved bytea ) → bytea
Removes the longest string containing only bytes appearing in bytesremoved from the start and end of bytes.
btrim('\x1234567890'::bytea, '\x9012'::bytea) → \x345678
Version history 5
  1. 12 → 13 changed
  2. 7.4 → 8.0 changed
  3. 7.3 → 7.4 changed
  4. 7.2 → 7.3 changed
  5. 7.1 → 7.2 changed

Definition snapshot: b7bd9cda · English manual source