NAME

       Strings::trim - Trim selected characters from both ends of a String

SYNOPSIS

       Void trim( var String x, Bool(Char) fn=isSpace )

ARGUMENTS

       x The string to trim

       fn  The  trimming  function.  Returns  true if characters should be trimmed, false otherwise. The default
       function is Prelude.isSpace (3kaya) which trims whitespace.

DESCRIPTION

       Remove characters in-place from both ends of a String as determined by the trimming function.

    str = "  this string needs trimming   ";
    trim(str);
    // str = "this string needs trimming";

AUTHORS

       Kaya standard  library  by  Edwin  Brady,  Chris  Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For  further
       information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The  Kaya  standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or  any  later  version)  as  published  by  the  Free
       Software Foundation.

RELATED

       Strings.ltrim (3kaya)
       Strings.rtrim (3kaya)

Kaya                                                July 2013                                Strings.trim(3kaya)