The **`RTRIM()` function** removes the trailing space characters from a string. 

Figure 1 shows a visual representation of the `RTRIM()` function.

# Syntax
```sql
RTRIM(string)
```
# Parameter
The `RTRIM()` function takes a string as a parameter. 

# Return value
`RTRIM()` removes the trailing space characters from the string sent as a parameter.  

# Example
The following example shows how to use `RTRIM()` to remove trailing spaces from words. 

>To see the changes, highlight both the "Educative" strings in the output.
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SELECT "Educative  " as BeforeRtrim;
SELECT RTRIM("Educative  ") as AfterRtrim;

What is RTRIM() in SQL?

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