To trim a String in Flex you'll need to use StringUtil.trim , this allows you to basically take the spaces off the end of a string.
Remember you'll need to import mx.utils.StringUtil; so your code should look like as follows.
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var stringWithSpacesOnEnd:String = "hello "; stringWithSpacesOnEnd = StringUtil.trim(stringWithSpacesOnEnd); //stringWithSpacesOnEnd will now not be "hello " but "hello" //As we've just trimed the string.
If your looking for a nice StringUtil class that you can use try the AS3 String Utils class on gskinner.com at