trim whitespace at beginning and end of a variable

[Tony K]

Is there a way to trim whitespace at the beginning and end of a variable?

 

problem description

input box -> enter tiddler name 

button create tiddler with name entered

issue is that user sometime will add a space in the input box I don't want it in the title 

any way to solve that ?

[Mat]

https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#trim%20Operator

<:-)

[Tony K]

I tried it didn't work 😔 dunno what I am missing

[Mat]

Could you put up a demo, e.g at tiddlyspot because that "ought to work".

<:-)

[TonyM]

Tony

Best you share some code for us to look at. Try and replicate on tiddlywiki.com

It can all depend how you reference the value. Of you set a variable to a text reference it should work but using triple braces and trim if needed.

Regards
Tony

[Tony K]

the code is really simple

 <$edit-text tag=input  tiddler="$:/temp/test" field="newEntry" />

<$button>

<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" title={{$:/temp/test!!newEntry}} />

New Tiddler

</$button>

all i want is ignore the space I might add in the input field 

[Saq Imtiaz]

title={{{ [{$:/temp/test!!newEntry}trim[]] }}}

[Tony K]

wow :D

man you are amazing, been banging my head for like 2 hrs

thanks

[TonyM]

Thanks Saq, Hard to code on ones mobile;

Tony K

The  triple braces and trim and other methods to handle strings in a filter is one of the best ways because unlike other methods it allows you to transform the input to a parameter after its "=" sign, without reverting to other variables or macros.

Regards

Tony