[R] trim a string

[Liaw, Andy]

http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/14493.html

Andy

> From: Omar Lakkis
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> How to trim the leading and trailing white space off of a string?
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>  If the variable is "  E              " I need to convert it to "E".
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