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     6    The trim function removes the specified characters from the start and end of
     7    a given string.
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     9  
    10  # `trim` Function
    11  
    12  -> **Note:** This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and
    13  earlier, see
    14  [0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax](../../configuration-0-11/interpolation.html).
    15  
    16  `trim` removes the specified characters from the start and end of the given
    17  string.
    18  
    19  ## Examples
    20  
    21  ```
    22  > trim("?!hello?!", "!?")
    23  hello
    24  ```
    25  
    26  ## Related Functions
    27  
    28  * [`trimprefix`](./trimprefix.html) removes a word from the start of a string.
    29  * [`trimsuffix`](./trimsuffix.html) removes a word from the end of a string.
    30  * [`trimspace`](./trimspace.html) removes all types of whitespace from
    31    both the start and the end of a string.