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function trim(inputString) {
// Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
// consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
// a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
var retValue = inputString;
var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
}
ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
}
while (retValue.indexOf(" ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf(" ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf(" ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
}
return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
}
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