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string_trim

By Daniel · December 25, 2008

Removes whitespace from both sides of a string

// string_trim(str)
// Removes whitespace from both sides of a string

var str, ws_chars;

str = argument0;
ws_chars = chr(9) + chr(10) + chr(13) + chr(32) + '#'; // tab, NL, CR, space, #

// Remove from front
while (string_count(string_char_at(str, 1), ws_chars) > 0)
  str = string_delete(str, 1, 1);

// Remove from back
while (string_count(string_char_at(str, string_length(str)), ws_chars) > 0)
  str = string_delete(str, string_length(str), 1);

return str;

Categories: String handling

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