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strings.trim() function

strings.trim() removes leading and trailing characters specified in the cutset from a string.

Function type signature
(cutset: string, v: string) => string
For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

v

(Required) String to remove characters from.

cutset

(Required) Leading and trailing characters to remove from the string.

Only characters that match the cutset string exactly are trimmed.

Examples

Trim leading and trailing periods from all values in a column

import "strings"

data
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: strings.trim(v: r._value, cutset: "smpl_")}))

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