JQuery | trim() Method
This trim() Method in jQuery is used to remove the whitespace from the beginning and end of a string
Syntax:
jQuery.trim( str )
Parameters: This method accept a single parameter which is mentioned above and described below:
- str: This parameter is the string to be trimmed.
Return Value: It returns the string after removing the whitespaces.
Below example illustrate the use of trim() method in jQuery:
Example 1: In this example, the trim() method removes the tab and spaces at the start and at the end of the string.
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<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < meta charset = "utf-8" > < title >JQuery | trim() method</ title > < script src = </ script > < style > div { color: blue; } </ style > </ head > < body style = "text-align:center;" > < h1 style = "color: green" > GeeksforGeeks </ h1 > < h3 >JQuery | trim() method</ h3 > < pre id = "bb" ></ pre > < script > $("#bb").html( $.trim(" A computer science portal for geeks ")); </ script > </ body > </ html > |
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Example 2: In this example, the trim() method removes the white spaces from multiple line.
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<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < meta charset = "utf-8" > < title >JQuery | trim() method</ title > < script src = </ script > < style > pre { color: green; } </ style > </ head > < body style = "text-align:center;" > < h1 style = "color: green" > GeeksforGeeks </ h1 > < h3 >JQuery | trim() method</ h3 > < pre id = "geeks" ></ pre > < pre id = "geeks1" ></ pre > < script > var varr = "\nIt removes all newlines, \n spaces"+ " and \n tabs from the beginning and end of string.\n" var varr1 = " \n Whitespace in the middle"+ " of string are preserved\n" $("#geeks").html("< b >Original : < br ></ b >" + varr + varr1); $("#geeks1").html("< b >Trimmed : < br ></ b >" + $.trim(varr) + $.trim(varr1)); </ script > </ body > </ html > |
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