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Trimming (computer programming)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computer_programming/QmSsFnu0">computer programming</a>, trimming (trim) or stripping (strip) is a <a href="/facts/String_(computer_science)/4ChJu5WS">string manipulation</a> in which leading and trailing <a href="/facts/Whitespace_character/Q5xRIaSz">whitespace</a> is removed from a <a href="/facts/String_(computer_science)/4ChJu5WS">string</a>. </p><p>For example, the string (enclosed by apostrophes) </p> ' this is a test ' <p>would be changed, after trimming, to </p> 'this is a test'