trim

Removes spaces, tabs and line breaks from both ends of the text.

Keyboard Maestro: trim

Details #

trim(text) takes exactly one argument and returns text without leading or trailing whitespace (spaces, tabs and newlines). Whitespace in the middle stays.

Parameters #

Takes 1 argument. {{ trim(text) }}

Examples #

trim("  hi there \n")

→ hi there

length(trim(raw))

→ 3

Sample variable	Value
`raw`	`abc`

Gotchas #

The \n in an expression text is a line break. Other backslash pairs drop the backslash, so write "\\" for one backslash.