strtrim

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Trim characters (chars), off the left and right of str

local newstr = strtrim(str[, chars])

Arguments

(str[, chars])

str

string - The input string.

chars

string - A list of characters to remove from the left and right of str.

If left off, it defaults to " \t\r\n" ([space][tab][return][newline]).

If adding this argument, please note that spaces will not be trimmed unless you include one with the other characters ("123" is not the same as " 123").

Returns

newstr

string - The modified string.

Example

str = "///All debug and no play, make Eric go crazy.\n\n"
a = strtrim(str, "/\n");
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(a);

Result

All debug and no play, make Eric go crazy.