String.Trim

Method

Returns the string passed with either whitespaces or the characters passed removed from the beginning and ending of the string.

Syntax

result=stringVariable.Trim(Optional ParamArray Characters() As String)

Part	Type	Description
result	String	source with leading and trailing whitespaces removed.
stringVariable	String	A string variable, a copy of which is returned with leading and trailing whitespaces removed.
Characters()	String	An optional ParamArray of characters that will be trimmed instead of whitespaces.

Notes

Unless specific characters are passed in, Trim trims whitespace characters as defined by unicode.

Examples

This example removes the whitespaces from either side of the string passed:

Var source as String = " Hello World "
Var result as String = source.Trim // Returns "Hello World"

This example removes *, and % from the beginning and ending of the string passed:

Var source as String = "*Hello World%"
Var result as String = source.Trim("*", "%") // Returns "Hello World"

This example trims the div tags from an HTML string:

Var source As String = "<div>Hello World</div>"
Var result As String = source.Trim("<div>","</div>") // Returns "Hello World"

See Also

String.TrimLeft, String.TrimRight functions and String type.