Trim ExamplesΒΆ

The general syntax for this method is:

stringName.Trim();

This method returns a new string with any leading or trailing whitespace removed. Whitespace characters are those that do not display anything on the screen, such as spaces and tabs.

Example

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Console.WriteLine("Saint Louis ".Trim());
Console.WriteLine(" Saint Louis".Trim());
Console.WriteLine(" Saint Louis ".Trim());

Output

Saint Louis
Saint Louis
Saint Louis

Example

When typing an email address into a web site, a user may inadvertently type a space before and/or after the email address. We can clean up such input using the trim method.

This example cleans up user input with trim.

string input = " [email protected] ";
string email = input.Trim();
Console.WriteLine(email);

Output