NAME¶

Catmandu::Fix::trim - trim leading and ending junk from the value of a field

SYNOPSIS¶

   # the default mode trims whitespace
   # e.g. foo => '   abc   ';
   trim(foo) # foo => 'abc';
   trim(foo, whitespace) # foo => 'abc';
   
   # trim non-word characters
   # e.g. foo => '   abc  / : .';
   trim(foo, nonword) # foo => 'abc';
   # trim accents
   # e.g. foo => 'francais' ;
   trim(foo,diacritics) # foo => 'francais'

SEE ALSO¶

Catmandu::Fix