| Description: | Returns a string void of leading and trailing spaces. | 
| Parameters: | String-Characters enclosed in quotation marks. | 
| Syntax: | $BFTrim(string) | 
| Example: | $BFTrim(" happy days are here to stay. ") ; returns "happy days are here to stay" | 
| Description: | Returns a string void of leading spaces. | 
| Parameters: | String-Characters enclosed in quotation marks. | 
| Syntax: | $BFTrimLeft(string) | 
| Example: | $BFTrimLeft(" hockey is great ") ; returns " hockey is great " | 
| Description: | Removes trailing spaces from a string. | 
| Parameters: | nString-Characters enclosed in quotation marks. | 
| Syntax: | $BFTrimRight(string) | 
| Example: | $BFTrimRight(" removes trailing spaces from a string. ") ; returns " removes trailing spaces from string. " | 
| Description: | Returns a string after converting lowercase characters to uppercase characters. | 
| Parameters: | nString value-Characters enclosed in quotation marks. | 
| Syntax: | $BFUpper(string) | 
| Example: | $BFUpper("sampling") ; returns "SAMPLING" |