How to use String.strip or strip() function in Java?

Overview

strip() is a method or function of String in Java which returns back a string with all leading and trailing white spaces removed. This method was introduced in Java 11.

Example

Let’s declare a String variable str1 with leading and trailing white spaces and another variable str2 without any leading and trailing white spaces.

String str1 = " Apple ";
String str2 = "Apple";

Code

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public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String str1 = " Apple ";
        String str2 = "Apple";
        str1 = str1.strip();
        str2 = str2.strip();

        System.out.println(str1);
        
        System.out.println(str2);
    }
}

Output

We can see that both the strings are same without any leading or trailing spaces.

Apple
Apple