base.StringBuffer.trimWhiteSpace

Remove leading and trailing whitespace characters.

Syntax

trimWhiteSpace()

Usage

The trimWhiteSpace() method removes the leading and trailing whitespace characters in the string buffer.

Note: The method considers as whitespace characters all characters less than or equal to blank space (ASCII(32)). This includes tab (\t), newline (\n), carriage-return (\r) and form-feed (\f).

Example

MAIN
   DEFINE buf base.StringBuffer
   LET buf = base.StringBuffer.create()
   CALL buf.append("\n\t  abc  \n\t")
   CALL buf.trimWhiteSpace()
   DISPLAY "["||buf.toString()||"]" -- Shows [abc]
END MAIN
Output:
[abc]