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title: "array:trim — Strip whitespaces from array items"
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# array:trim — Strip whitespaces from array items

ARRAY:TRIM strips whitespace characters from the beginning and/or end of the value of each item of an array.

A given key may specify the column of a multidimensional array to trim. If however, the key is omitted, then the array is treated as an unidimensional list.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Variable name |
| var_result | var | (destructive on 'var') | Result variable name |
| type | type | both | Direction type |

#### Possible values
Possible values for `type`:
- both — Both
- left — From left
- right — From right


### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var|var_result; type: array; predicate: no-result-propagation

### Examples

```xml
<array var="names">
	<item>     Bill Gates     </item>
	<item>     Steve Jobs     </item>
</array>

<array:trim var="names"/>
<output>$names[0]</output>

<!-- Bill Gates -->
```