====== Strip(text) ======
Category:  Text function

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=====Description=====
This function removes the first and the last characters from a text value.

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=====Use cases=====
This function is typically used to remove wrapping characters such as quotes, parentheses, or brackets.

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=====Arguments=====
^Argument^Type^Description^
|text|Text|Any text value.  Numeric values are //not// implicitly converted.  See //Remarks//, below.|

**Return value type:** Text

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=====Remarks=====
It is not implied that the characters being removed have to be //matching//.  Regardless of what the leading and trailing characters are, they will be removed.

Passing a numeric value into this function will have no effect (the value will be returned unchanged).  Numeric values are //not// implicitly converted to text in this function.  To use //Strip// on a number, convert the number to text first using the [[syntax:functions:astext|AsText(value)]] function.  

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=====Examples=====

  strip('<table>') //Returns 'table'

  strip('(house)') //Returns 'house'

  strip('another') //Returns 'nothe'

  strip('120012') //Returns '2001'

  strip(10001) //Returns 10001  (Numeric values are returned unchanged)

  strip(astext(10001)) //Returns '000'  (Convert numbers to text first)