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 #### strip
 
-Strip leading and trailing whitespace from the contents of a tag.
+Strip (trim) leading and trailing whitespace from the contents of a tag.
 
 Uses the Ruby string `strip()` method. Whitespace is defined as any of the
 following characters: null, horizontal tab, line feed, vertical tab, form