Lodash _.trim() Method

Lodash _.trim() Method removes leading and trailing white spaces or specified characters from the given string.

Syntax:

_.trim(string, chars);

Parameters:

• string: This parameter holds the string that needs to be trimmed.
• chars: This parameter holds the charset to be specifically trimmed.

Return Value:

This method returns a trimmed string

Example 1: In this example, we are trimming the given string by the use of the _.trim() method.

Javascript

// Defining Lodash variable
const _ = require('lodash');

let str = "   Geeks-for-Geeks   ";

// Using _.trim() method
console.log(_.trim(str));

Output:

Geeks-for-Geeks

Example 2: In this example, we are trimming the given string by “-” by the use of the _.trim() method.

Javascript

// Defining Lodash variable
const _ = require('lodash');

let str = "----GeeksforGeeks----";

// Using _.trim() method
console.log(_.trim(str, "-"))

Output:

GeeksforGeeks

Note: This will not work in normal JavaScript because it requires the lodash library to be installed and can be installed using npm install lodash.