Trim spaces from start and end of string

Question

I am trying to find a way to trim spaces from the start and end of the title string. I was using this, but it doesn\'t seem to be working:

title = title.repl         


        

Answer 1

var word = " testWord ";   //add here word or space and test

var x = $.trim(word);

if(x.length > 0)
    alert('word');
else
    alert('spaces');