github.com/rabbouni145/gg@v0.47.1/docs/content/en/functions/trim.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: trim 3 # linktitle: 4 description: Returns a slice of a passed string with all leading and trailing characters from cutset removed. 5 godocref: 6 date: 2017-02-01 7 publishdate: 2017-02-01 8 lastmod: 2017-02-01 9 categories: [functions] 10 menu: 11 docs: 12 parent: "functions" 13 keywords: [strings] 14 signature: ["trim INPUT CUTSET"] 15 workson: [] 16 hugoversion: 17 relatedfuncs: [] 18 deprecated: false 19 --- 20 21 ``` 22 {{ trim "++Batman--" "+-" }} → "Batman" 23 ``` 24 25 `trim` *requires* the second argument, which tells the function specifically what to remove from the first argument. There is no default value for the second argument, so **the following usage will not work**: 26 27 ``` 28 {{ trim .Inner}} 29 ``` 30 31 Instead, the following example tells `trim` to remove extra new lines from the content contained in the [shortcode `.Inner` variable][shortcodevars]: 32 33 ``` 34 {{ trim .Inner "\n" }} 35 ``` 36 37 {{% note %}} 38 Go templates also provide a simple [method for trimming whitespace](/templates/introduction/#whitespace) from either side of a Go tag by including a hyphen (`-`). 39 {{% /note %}} 40 41 42 [shortcodevars]: /variables/shortcodes/