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Strings.trim(3kaya) Kaya module reference Strings.trim(3kaya)

NAME

Strings::trim - Trim selected characters from both ends of a String

SYNOPSIS

Void trim( var String x, Bool(Char) fn=isSpace )

ARGUMENTS

x The string to trim
fn The trimming function. Returns true if characters should be trimmed, false otherwise. The default function is Prelude.isSpace (3kaya) which trims whitespace.

DESCRIPTION

Remove characters in-place from both ends of a String as determined by the trimming function.

str = " this string needs trimming ";
trim(str);
// str = "this string needs trimming";

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

RELATED

Strings.ltrim (3kaya)
Strings.rtrim (3kaya)
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