strtrim

Remove leading and trailing whitespace from a string.

Syntax

s = strtrim(str)

Description

Strips both leading and trailing whitespace from str. Internal whitespace is preserved. Applied elementwise to cell arrays of strings.

Example

strtrim('  hello   ')    % 'hello'

See also

• deblank — Remove trailing whitespace from a string.
• strtrunc — Truncate a string to a specified length.