Usage
Following are examples of trimming a string using several programming languages. All of the implementations shown return a new string and do not alter the original variable.
| Example usage | Languages |
|---|---|
| String.Trim | C#, VB.NET, Windows PowerShell |
| string.strip; | D |
| (.trim string) | Clojure |
| sequence trim | Factor |
| (string-trim '(#\Space #\Tab #\Newline) string) | Common Lisp |
| (string-trim string) | Scheme |
| string.trim | Java, JavaScript (1.8.1+, Firefox 3.5+) |
| Trim(String) | Pascal, QBasic, Visual Basic, Delphi |
| string.strip | Python |
| strings.Trim(string, chars) | Go |
| LTRIM(RTRIM(String)) | Oracle SQL, T-SQL |
| strip(string ) | REXX |
| string:strip(string ) | Erlang |
| string.strip | Ruby |
| string =~ s/^\s+//r =~ s/\s+$//r | Perl 5 |
| string.trim | Perl 6 |
| trim(string) | PHP |
| ] | Objective-C using Cocoa |
| string withBlanksTrimmed string withoutSpaces string withoutSeparators |
Smalltalk (Squeak, Pharo) Smalltalk |
| strip(string) | SAS |
| string trim $string | Tcl |
| TRIM(string) or TRIM(ADJUSTL(string)) | Fortran |
| TRIM(string) | SQL |
| TRIM(string) or LTrim(string) or RTrim(String) | ColdFusion |
| String.trim string | OCaml 4+ |
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