## jQuery.trim( str )Returns: String

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

- #### version added: 1.0 jQuery.trim( str )

  - str
    Type: String
    The 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:

Remove the white spaces at the start and at the end of the string.

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    <!doctype html><html lang="en"><head>  <meta charset="utf-8">  <title>jQuery.trim demo</title>  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script></head><body> <pre id="original"></pre><pre id="trimmed"></pre> <script>var str = "         lots of spaces before and after         ";$( "#original" ).html( "Original String: '" + str + "'" );$( "#trimmed" ).html( "$.trim()'ed: '" + $.trim(str) + "'" );</script> </body></html>

#### Demo:

Remove the white spaces at the start and at the end of the string.

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

#### Result:

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    "hello, how are you?"