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StringTrim["string"]

trims whitespace from the beginning and end of "string".

StringTrim["string",patt]

trims substrings matching patt from the beginning and end.

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StringTrim

StringTrim["string"]

trims whitespace from the beginning and end of "string".

StringTrim["string",patt]

trims substrings matching patt from the beginning and end.

Details and Options

  • Whitespace is taken to include any number of spaces, tabs, and newlines.
  • StringTrim[{s1,s2,…},…] gives the list of results for each of the si.
  • StringTrim takes the following options:
  • IgnoreCaseFalsewhether to turn off case-sensitive matching

Examples

Basic Examples  (3)

Remove whitespace from ends of strings:

Remove multiple character types:

Remove initial space characters using a regular expression pattern:

Wolfram Research (2008), StringTrim, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringTrim.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2008), StringTrim, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringTrim.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "StringTrim." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringTrim.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). StringTrim. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringTrim.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_stringtrim, author="Wolfram Research", title="{StringTrim}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringTrim.html}", note=[Accessed: 28-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_stringtrim, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={StringTrim}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringTrim.html}, note=[Accessed: 28-August-2025]}