### Function

# FwupdPlugin strstrip

since: 1.8.2

#### Declaration [src]

    gchar*
    fu_strstrip (
      const gchar* str
    )

#### Description [src]

Removes leading and trailing whitespace from a constant string.

Available since: 1.8.2

#### Parameters

`str`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  A string, e.g. `test`

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Type: `gchar*`

Newly allocated string.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.