# trimAscii

`import { trimAscii } from "destack:bytes";`

Trim leading and trailing ASCII whitespace.

```ds title="trimAscii"
export function trimAscii(bytes: &'a readonly [uint8]): readonly [uint8]
```

[language/library/src/bytes/bytes.ds:229:231](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/bytes/bytes.ds#L229-L231)