vrl 0.32.0

Vector Remap Language
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{
  "anchor": "strip_whitespace",
  "name": "strip_whitespace",
  "category": "String",
  "description": "Strips whitespace from the start and end of `value`, where whitespace is defined by the [Unicode `White_Space` property](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_character_property#Whitespace).",
  "arguments": [
    {
      "name": "value",
      "description": "The string to trim.",
      "required": true,
      "type": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "return": {
    "types": [
      "string"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "title": "Strip whitespace",
      "source": "strip_whitespace(\"  A sentence.  \")",
      "return": "A sentence."
    },
    {
      "title": "Start whitespace",
      "source": "strip_whitespace(\"  foobar\")",
      "return": "foobar"
    },
    {
      "title": "End whitespace",
      "source": "strip_whitespace(\"foo bar  \")",
      "return": "foo bar"
    },
    {
      "title": "Newlines",
      "source": "strip_whitespace(\"\\n\\nfoo bar\\n  \")",
      "return": "foo bar"
    }
  ],
  "pure": true
}