Trim leading and tailing spaces from string

The function trims leading and/or tailing spaces from string(s), using C function implemented in the BIOS library.

trim(x, left = " \n\r\t", right = " \n\r\t")

Arguments

x: A character string, or a vector of strings
left: Characters that are trimmed from the left side.
right: Characters that are trimmed from the right side

Value

Trimmed string(s)

Details

left and right can be set to NULL. In such cases no trimming will be performed.

Author

Jitao David Zhang <jitao_david.zhang@roche.com>

Examples


myStrings <- c("This is a fine day\n",
               " Hallo Professor!",
               "  NUR DER HSV  ")
trim(myStrings)
#> [1] "This is a fine day" "Hallo Professor!"   "NUR DER HSV"