jQuery.trim()

jQuery.trim( str ) Returns: String

Description: Remove the whitespace from the beginning and end of a string.

• version added: 1.0jQuery.trim( str )

  strThe string to trim.

The $.trim() function removes all newlines, spaces (including non-breaking spaces), and tabs from the beginning and end of the supplied string. If these whitespace characters occur in the middle of the string, they are preserved.

Examples:

Example: Remove the two white spaces at the start and at the end of the string.

 
 
 
   src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"> 
 
 
   
         id="original">

          id="trimmed">               

Example: Remove the two white spaces at the start and at the end of the string.

$.trim("    hello, how are you?    ");

Result:

"hello, how are you?"