String.Trim Method (array<Char[])

Parameters

• trimChars
  Type: array<System.Char[]
  An array of Unicode characters to remove or nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Type: System.String
The string that remains after all occurrences of the characters in the trimChars parameter are removed from the start and end of the current string. If trimChars is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or an empty array, white-space characters are removed instead.

Module Example
   Public Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      Dim charsToTrim() As Char = {"*"c, " "c, "'"c}
      Dim banner As String = "*** Much Ado About Nothing ***"
      Dim result As String = banner.Trim(charsToTrim)
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Trimmmed{0}   {1}{0}to{0}   '{2}'", _
                        vbCrLf, banner, result) & vbCrLf
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'       Trimmmed
'          *** Much Ado About Nothing ***
'       to
'          'Much Ado About Nothing'

using System;

public class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      char[] charsToTrim = { '*', ' ', '\'' };
      string banner = "*** Much Ado About Nothing ***";
      string result = banner.Trim(charsToTrim);
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Trimmmed\n   {0}\nto\n   '{1}'", banner, result) + "\n";
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       Trimmmed
//          *** Much Ado About Nothing ***
//       to
//          'Much Ado About Nothing'