trim whitespace

Remove leading and/or trailing spaces and tabs from each line of a string

Install

$ npm install trim-whitespace --save

Usage

Remove leading and trailing spaces and tabs from a string.

const trim = require('trim-whitespace');
 
trim('\n \tAnakin Skywalker \t\n\t Padme Amidala\t \n');
// \nAnakin Skywalker\nPadme Amidala\n

Remove leading spaces and tabs from a string.

const { leading } = require('trim-whitespace');
 
leading('\n \tAnakin Skywalker \t\n\t Padme Amidala\t \n');
// \nAnakin Skywalker \t\nPadme Amidala\t \n

Remove trailing spaces and tabs from a string.

const { trailing } = require('trim-whitespace');
 
trailing('\n \tAnakin Skywalker \t\n\t Padme Amidala\t \n');
// \n \tAnakin Skywalker\n\t Padme Amidala\n

API

const trim = require('trim-whitespace');

trim(str)

Returns a string without any leading or trailing spaces or tabs.

str

• type: String

The string to trim.

trim.leading(str)

Returns a string without any leading spaces or tabs.

str

• type: String

The string to trim.

trim.trailing(str)

Returns a string without any trailing spaces or tabs.

str

• type: String

The string to trim.