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.

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]