jQuery.trim()
Categories: Utilities
jQuery.trim( str )Returns: String
Description: Remove the whitespace from the beginning and end of a string.
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jQuery.trim( str )
version added: 1.0str The string to trim.
The $.trim()
function removes all newlines, spaces (including non-breaking spaces), and tabs from the beginning and end of the supplied string. If these whitespace characters occur in the middle of the string, they are preserved.
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Remove the two white spaces at the start and at the end of the string.
HTML:
<pre id="original"></pre> <pre id="trimmed"></pre>
Code:
var str = " lots of spaces before and after "; $("#original").html("Original String: '" + str + "'"); $("#trimmed").html("$.trim()'ed: '" + $.trim(str) + "'");
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Remove the two white spaces at the start and at the end of the string.
Code:
$.trim(" hello, how are you? ");
Results:
"hello, how are you?"