strings.trimSpace() function

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strings.trimSpace() removes leading and trailing spaces from a string.

Function type signature

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Parameters

v

({{< req >}}) String to remove spaces from.

Examples

Trim leading and trailing spaces from all values in a column

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Input data

_time	_value	*tag
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	smpl_g9qczs	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	smpl_0mgv9n	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	smpl_phw664	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	smpl_guvzy4	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	smpl_5v3cce	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	smpl_s9fmgy	t1

_time	_value	*tag
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	smpl_b5eida	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	smpl_eu4oxp	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	smpl_5g7tz4	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	smpl_sox1ut	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	smpl_wfm757	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	smpl_dtn2bv	t2

Output data

_time	_value	*tag
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	smpl_g9qczs	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	smpl_0mgv9n	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	smpl_phw664	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	smpl_guvzy4	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	smpl_5v3cce	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	smpl_s9fmgy	t1

_time	_value	*tag
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	smpl_b5eida	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	smpl_eu4oxp	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	smpl_5g7tz4	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	smpl_sox1ut	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	smpl_wfm757	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	smpl_dtn2bv	t2

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