represents a sequence of whitespace characters in StringExpression.
Whitespace
represents a sequence of whitespace characters in StringExpression.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)
Split a string at all Whitespace characters:
StringSplit["1 2
3 \r 4", Whitespace]Remove all leading and trailing spaces:
StringReplace[" this is a test. ", (StartOfString ~~ Whitespace) | (Whitespace ~~ EndOfString) :> ""]//FullFormSee Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 2004 (5.1)
Text
Wolfram Research (2004), Whitespace, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Whitespace.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2004. "Whitespace." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Whitespace.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2004). Whitespace. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Whitespace.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_whitespace, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Whitespace}", year="2004", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Whitespace.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_whitespace, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Whitespace}, year={2004}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Whitespace.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}