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)