---
title: strings.trimRight() function
description: >
  `strings.trimRight()` removes trailing characters specified in the cutset from a string.
menu:
  flux_v0_ref:
    name: strings.trimRight
    parent: strings
    identifier: strings/trimRight
weight: 101
---

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`strings.trimRight()` removes trailing characters specified in the cutset from a string.



##### Function type signature

```js
(cutset: string, v: string) => string
```

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## Parameters

### v
({{< req >}})
String to to remove characters from.



### cutset
({{< req >}})
Trailing characters to trim from the string.

Only characters that match the cutset string exactly are trimmed.


## Examples

### Trim trailing periods from all values in a column

```js
import "strings"

data
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: strings.trimRight(v: r._value, cutset: ".")}))

```

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#### Input data

| _time                | _value         | *tag |
| -------------------- | -------------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | smpl_g9qczs... | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | smpl_0mgv9n... | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | smpl_phw664... | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | smpl_guvzy4... | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | smpl_5v3cce... | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | smpl_s9fmgy... | t1   |

| _time                | _value         | *tag |
| -------------------- | -------------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | smpl_b5eida... | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | smpl_eu4oxp... | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | smpl_5g7tz4... | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | smpl_sox1ut... | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | smpl_wfm757... | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | smpl_dtn2bv... | t2   |


#### Output data

| _time                | _value      | *tag |
| -------------------- | ----------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | smpl_g9qczs | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | smpl_0mgv9n | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | smpl_phw664 | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | smpl_guvzy4 | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | smpl_5v3cce | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | smpl_s9fmgy | t1   |

| _time                | _value      | *tag |
| -------------------- | ----------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | smpl_b5eida | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | smpl_eu4oxp | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | smpl_5g7tz4 | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | smpl_sox1ut | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | smpl_wfm757 | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | smpl_dtn2bv | t2   |

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