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functions	trim - Functions - Configuration Language	docs-funcs-string-trim	The trim function removes the specified characters from the start and end of a given string.

`trim` Function

-> Note: This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and earlier, see 0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax.

trim removes the specified characters from the start and end of the given string.

Examples

> trim("?!hello?!", "!?")
hello

trimprefix removes a word from the start of a string.
trimsuffix removes a word from the end of a string.
trimspace removes all types of whitespace from both the start and the end of a string.