SYNOPSIS

# the default mode trims whitespace
# e.g. foo => ' abc ';
trim(foo) # foo => 'abc';
trim(foo, whitespace) # foo => 'abc';

# trim non-word characters
# e.g. foo => ' abc / : .';
trim(foo, nonword) # foo => 'abc';
# trim accents
# e.g. foo => 'francais' ;
trim(foo,diacritics) # foo => 'francais'