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Regex for Trim Whitespace

Matches leading and trailing whitespace to trim it.

The Pattern

/^\s+|\s+$/g

javascript

const regex = /^\s+|\s+$/g;
'  test  '.replace(regex, '');

python

import re
regex = re.compile(r'^\s+|\s+$')
clean = regex.sub('', '  test  ')

import "regexp"
re := regexp.MustCompile(`^\s+|\s+$`)
clean := re.ReplaceAllString(`  test  `, "")

rust

use regex::Regex;
let re = Regex::new(r"^\s+|\s+$").unwrap();
let clean = re.replace_all("  test  ", "");