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) after trimming changes to == Variants == === Left or right trimming === The most popular variants of the trim function strip only the beginning or end of the string.
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