Is there a simple way to strip padding, IE leading and/or trailing white space. EXSLT padding function seems to only create padding or trim strings to a certain length.
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Is there a simple way to strip padding, IE leading and/or trailing white space. EXSLT padding function seems to only create padding or trim strings to a certain length.
Would normalize-space() do the job for you? This will also reduce spaces inside the string, e.g.
would become:
If you really need a “trim” function, you can probably steal one from someone else who’s already implemented it with normalizse-space()…