Trimming strings in Scala

Question

How do I trim the starting and ending character of a string in Scala

For inputs such as \",hello\" or \"hello,\", I need the output as

Answer 1

To trim the start and ending character in a string, use a mix of drop and dropRight:

scala> " hello,".drop(1).dropRight(1)

res4: String = hello

The drop call removes the first character, dropRight removes the last. Note that this isn't "smart" like trim is. If you don't have any extra character at the start of "hello,", you will trim it to "ello". If you need something more complicated, regex replacement is probably the answer.