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layout: "language"
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page_title: "trimspace - Functions - Configuration Language"
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sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-string-trimspace"
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The trimspace function removes space characters from the start and end of
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a given string.
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# `trimspace` Function
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`trimspace` removes any space characters from the start and end of the given
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string.
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This function follows the Unicode definition of "space", which includes
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regular spaces, tabs, newline characters, and various other space-like
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characters.
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## Examples
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```
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> trimspace(" hello\n\n")
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hello
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```
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## Related Functions
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* [`chomp`](./chomp.html) removes just line ending characters from the _end_ of
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a string.
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