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Description:
Like Trim() except it also works on html whitespace i.e. <p></p>, <br>, <br/>, <br />, and non-breaking spaces.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfset before = "<p>&nbsp;</p> <br> <p>this is a test&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;</p>">
<cfset after = TrimHTML(before)>
before: <cfdump var="#before#">
<br><br>
after: <cfdump var="#after#">

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Like Trim() except it also works on html.
 * 
 * @param str      String to format. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Kenric L. Ashe (cflib.org@kenric.com) 
 * @version 1, November 14, 2007 
 */
function trimHTML(str) {
    var htmlList = "<p>,</p>,<br>,<br/>,<br />,&nbsp;";
    var x = 0; var H = ""; var looping = 1;
    while (looping) {
        looping = 0;
        str = Trim(str);
        for (x=1; x lte ListLen(htmlList); x=x+1) {
            H = ListGetAt(htmlList, x);
            if (Left(str, Len(H)) is H) {str = Right(str, Len(str) - Len(H)); looping = 1;}
            if (Right(str, Len(H)) is H) {str = Left(str, Len(str) - Len(H)); looping = 1;}
        }
    }
    return str;
}