Trimming (computer Programming)

Trimming (computer Programming)

In computer programming, trimming (trim) or stripping (strip) is a string manipulation in which leading and trailing whitespace is removed from a string.

For example, the string (enclosed by apostrophes)

' this is a test '

would be changed, after trimming, to

'this is a test'

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