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+var charsEndIndex = require('./_charsEndIndex'),
+ charsStartIndex = require('./_charsStartIndex'),
+ stringToArray = require('./_stringToArray'),
+ toString = require('./toString');
+
+/** Used to match leading and trailing whitespace. */
+var reTrim = /^\s+|\s+$/g;
+
+/**
+ * Removes leading and trailing whitespace or specified characters from `string`.
+ *
+ * @static
+ * @memberOf _
+ * @category String
+ * @param {string} [string=''] The string to trim.
+ * @param {string} [chars=whitespace] The characters to trim.
+ * @param- {Object} [guard] Enables use as an iteratee for functions like `_.map`.
+ * @returns {string} Returns the trimmed string.
+ * @example
+ *
+ * _.trim(' abc ');
+ * // => 'abc'
+ *
+ * _.trim('-_-abc-_-', '_-');
+ * // => 'abc'
+ *
+ * _.map([' foo ', ' bar '], _.trim);
+ * // => ['foo', 'bar']
+ */
+function trim(string, chars, guard) {
+ string = toString(string);
+ if (!string) {
+ return string;
+ }
+ if (guard || chars === undefined) {
+ return string.replace(reTrim, '');
+ }
+ chars = (chars + '');
+ if (!chars) {
+ return string;
+ }
+ var strSymbols = stringToArray(string),
+ chrSymbols = stringToArray(chars);
+
+ return strSymbols.slice(charsStartIndex(strSymbols, chrSymbols), charsEndIndex(strSymbols, chrSymbols) + 1).join('');
+}
+
+module.exports = trim;