//April 4, 2006

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//remove any leading or trailing spaces

function trim(strValue) //as String
{
	//if a valid string was passed....
	if(strValue.length > 0)
	{
		//remove leading spaces
		strValue = removeLeadingSpaces(strValue);
	}
	
	//if a valid string was passed...
	if(strValue.length > 0)
	{
		//remove trailing spaces
		strValue = removeTrailingSpaces(strValue);
	}
	
	//return the trimmed string
	return strValue;
}

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//syntax version
	
function Trim(string) //as String
{
	return trim(string)
}

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//remove any leading spaces from a string

function removeLeadingSpaces(strValue) //as String
{
	//for each space at the beginning of a string
	while(strValue.substring(0, 1) == " ")
	{
		//the string = the string less 1 character at the beginning
		strValue = strValue.substring(1, strValue.length);
	}
	
	//return the new string
	return strValue;
}

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//syntax version

function removeleadingspaces(strValue) //as String
{
	return removeLeadingSpaces(strValue)
}

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//syntax version

function RemoveLeadingSpaces(strValue) //as String
{
	return removeLeadingSpaces(strValue)
}

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//remove any trailing spaces from a string

function removeTrailingSpaces(strValue)
{
	//for each space at the end of a string
	while(strValue.substring((strValue.length - 1), strValue.length) == " ")
	{
		//the string = the string less 1 character at the end
		strValue = strValue.substring(0, (strValue.length - 1));
	}
	
	//return the new string
	return strValue;
}

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//syntax version

function removetrailingspaces(strValue) //as String
{
	return removeTrailingSpaces(strValue)
}

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//syntax version

function RemoveTrailingSpaces(strValue) //as String
{
	return removeTrailingSpaces(strValue)
}