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<snippet name = "Remove Leading and Trailing Characters" description = "If a given character (such as a space) appears at the beginning or end of the given string, removes that character." preview="code" type="block">
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<![CDATA[function removeLeadingAndTrailingChar (inputString, removeChar) 
{
	var returnString = inputString;
	if (removeChar.length)
	{
	  while(''+returnString.charAt(0)==removeChar)
		{
		  returnString=returnString.substring(1,returnString.length);
		}
		while(''+returnString.charAt(returnString.length-1)==removeChar)
	  {
	    returnString=returnString.substring(0,returnString.length-1);
	  }
	}
	return returnString;
}]]>
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