Does MATLAB have a strip function for strings?

Question

Is there a simple function f such that

f(' hello, world! ' ) == 'hello, world!'

I can strip out the spaces (or any character for that matter) using regexes, but this seems like applying a hammer to the problem. I'd just like to know if there is something simple which I've missed.

Answer 1

No need to use a hammer, simply use strtrim.

From the documentation:

S = strtrim(str) returns a copy of string str with all leading and trailing white-space characters removed. A white-space character is one for which the isspace function returns logical 1 (true).

Answer 2

To remove the spaces on the side of the string, use the strtrim command.