trim

Trims whitespace or specified characters from both ends of a string.

trim(x:string, [chars:string]) -> string

Description

The trim function removes characters from both ends of x.

When called with one argument, it removes leading and trailing whitespace. When called with two arguments, it removes any characters found in chars from both ends of the string.

x: string

The string to trim.

chars: string (optional)

A string where each character represents a character to remove. Any character found in this string will be trimmed from both ends.

Defaults to whitespace characters.

Examples

Trim whitespace from both ends

from {x: " hello ".trim()}

{x: "hello"}

Trim specific characters

from {x: "/path/to/file/".trim("/")}

{x: "path/to/file"}

Trim multiple characters

from {x: "--hello--world--".trim("-")}

{x: "hello--world"}

See Also

trim_start, trim_end