string:trim

Remove one or multiple substring from the beginning and end of a string -- default: remove whitespace characters

string:trim(STRING $string, $remove=[ " ", "\t", "\n", "\r", "", "\v" ], INT $limit=0) : STRING

string:trim(" hi ")
#=> "hi"

string:trim("hi   ")
#=> "hi"

string:trim("hi \n\n  ")
#=> "hi"

string:trim("foo...",".")
#=> "foo"

# trim multiple strings
string:trim("foo...",['.','o'])
#=> "f"

# trim only maximum of 2 occurences from each side
# note: by default, $limit = 0 means no-limit
string:trim("foo...",['.'],2)
#=> "foo."

string:trim("foo...",'.', 2)
#=> "foo."

string:trim("foo...",'...')
#=> "foo"

# remove string
string:trim("bar foofoofoo",'foo') 
#=> "bar "

# remove maximum of 2 from each side
string:trim("foobar foofoofoo",'foo',2) 
#=> "bar foo"
#=> "bar foo"

string:trim("bar nice foofoofoo",['foo','bar'],2) 
#=> " nice foo"