TRIM - Amazon Glue DataBrew
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TRIM

Removes leading and trailing white space from the strings in the source column or custom strings, and returns the result in a new column. Spaces between words aren't removed.

Parameters

  • sourceColumn – The name of an existing column.

  • value – A character string to evaluate.

  • targetColumn – The name of the new column to be created.

Note

You can specify either sourceColumn or value, but not both.

Examples

{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "TRIM",
        "Parameters": {
            "sourceColumn": "nationality",
            "targetColumn": "nationality_trim"
        }
    }
}

{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "TRIM",
        "Parameters": {
            "value": "   This string should be trimmed       ",
            "targetColumn": "string_trimmed"
        }
    }
}