#### 16.2.9 string-trim, string-left-trim, string-right-trim [Function] ¶

`string-trim` character-bag string ⇒ trimmed-string

`string-left-trim` character-bag string ⇒ trimmed-string

`string-right-trim` character-bag string ⇒ trimmed-string

#### Arguments and Values:: ¶

character-bag—a sequence containing characters.

string—a string designator.

trimmed-string—a string.

#### Description:: ¶

string-trim returns a substring of string, with all characters in character-bag stripped off the beginning and end. string-left-trim is similar but strips characters off only the beginning; string-right-trim strips off only the end.

If no characters need to be trimmed from the string, then either string itself or a copy of it may be returned, at the discretion of the implementation.

All of these functions observe the fill pointer.

#### Examples:: ¶

     (string-trim "abc" "abcaakaaakabcaaa") ⇒  "kaaak"
     (string-trim '(#\Space #\Tab #\Newline) " garbanzo beans
            ") ⇒  "garbanzo beans"
     (string-trim " (*)" " ( *three (silly) words* ) ")
    ⇒  "three (silly) words"

     (string-left-trim "abc" "labcabcabc") ⇒  "labcabcabc"
     (string-left-trim " (*)" " ( *three (silly) words* ) ")
    ⇒  "three (silly) words* ) "

     (string-right-trim " (*)" " ( *three (silly) words* ) ")
    ⇒  " ( *three (silly) words"

#### Affected By:: ¶

The implementation.