# What is this return character?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-is-this-return-character/5768>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [13 December 2018 18:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-is-this-return-character/5768 "2018-12-13T18:38:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/andrei/32/10446_2.png) [@Andrei](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andrei)\
**Post date:** [13 December 2018 20:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-is-this-return-character/5768/4 "2018-12-13T20:24:18Z")

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You may want to have a look on [this thread](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-a-function-node/4836/13) explaining the use of the string method trim() to cleanup trailing (and leading) characteres from a string.

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