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Posted on by alexmia

Dear all,

I know there were already some discussions regarding "TRIM" function, but there is something strange happening in my flow for string variables and maybe someone else has already encountered this and could help.

You can find below my flow:

And also the final result:

So the TRIM function for the "EmailContent" variable defined by me is not working, spaces are not removed = trim(variables('EmailContent'))

Instead, for the HTML to Text is working = trim(body('Html_to_text'))

Anyone knows why is this happening? and how can I make it work also for variables?

Thanks!

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MJain 2,450 on at

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Hi @alexmia ,

Trim is used for removing leading and trailing spaces from the text . Following is the step by step to do so :
https://debajmecrm.com/how-to-remove-trailing-spaces-and-extra-spaces-in-a-string-in-power-automate/

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Pstork1 69,665 Most Valuable Professional on at

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I think you've been looking at the documentation for Trim() in Power Apps. In Power Apps it removes all extra spaces from a string. But in Power Automate (or Azure Logic Apps) Trim() only removes leading and trailing spaces. Its like TrimEnds() in Power Apps. Check the docs here: Reference guide for functions in expressions - Azure Logic Apps | Microsoft Docs
alexmia 10 on at

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Thanks a lot for your answers!
I used the workaround mentioned by @ManishJain and it worked for me.
However, it would be nice to have also a trim() function in Power Automate that removes all extra spaces in a string.
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I used the Replace function (instead of trim) to remove the blank space in between the string and it works lovely.
Example: variableOne = My Test File
Use Expression: Replace (variables('variableOne'), ' ','')
Result: MyTestFile

Hope this is helpful.