Trim

Trim whitespace from the beginning and end of a string.

If chars is provided, each character in the string is treated as a character to trim instead of whitespace.

Method Signature

Trim(string=[string], chars=[string])

Arguments

Argument

Type

Required

Description

Default

string

true

The string to trim

chars

string

false

An optional string of characters to trim. Each character is treated individually.

Examples

Trim

Run Example

">" & trim( "    BLDocs    " ) & "<";

Result: >BLDocs<

Additional Examples

Run Example

// create variable with a string of text that has leading and trailing spaces
foo = " Hello World!  ";
// output variable
writeDump( "-" & foo & "-" );
// output variable without leading and trailing spaces
writeDump( "-" & Trim( foo ) & "-" );

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