trim() test

This is a test of trim(string)

trim() removes whitespace characters from the beginning and end of a String. In addition to standard whitespace characters such as space, carriage return, and tab, this function also removes the Unicode "nbsp" character.

Source Code:

// 	Trim example
size(500,220, P3D);
background(20);
stroke(128, 128, 128);
fill(64);
rect(1, 1, width-3, height-3);

String s1 = "normal string";
String s2 = "   extra leading spaces";
String s3 = "extra trailing spaces    ";
String s4 = "   both leading and trailing   ";
String[] a = { "    inconsistent ", "  spacing", "ok", "     tab at the end   	"};
String[] a2 = trim(a);

PFont font;
font = loadFont("Arial"); 
textFont(font, 14);
fill(32, 255, 0);
text("Strings", 5, 20);
text("String Arrays", 5, 120);
fill(255, 255, 255);
text("s1: |" + s1 + "|", 15, 40);
text("after: |" + trim(s1) + "|", 240, 40);
text("s2: |" + s2 + "|", 15, 60);
text("after: |" + trim(s2) + "|", 240, 60);
text("s3: |" + s3 + "|", 15, 80);
text("after: |" + trim(s3) + "|", 240, 80);
text("s4: |" + s4 + "|", 15, 100);
text("after: |" + trim(s4) + "|", 240, 100);
for(int i=0; i<a2.length; i++){
  text("a[" + i + "]: |" + a[i] + "|", 15, 140+(i*20));
  text("after: |" + a2[i] + "|", 240, 140+(i*20));
}