---
title: "trim | Grafana Agent documentation"
description: "Learn about trim"
---

# trim

`trim` removes the specified set of characters from the start and end of a string.

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```alloy
trim(string, str_character_set)
```

## Examples

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```alloy
> trim("?!hello?!", "!?")
"hello"

> trim("foobar", "far")
"oob"

> trim("   hello! world.!  ", "! ")
"hello! world."
```