# Common XSLT Utilities

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`utils.strip_newlines`

  Strips leading or trailing newlines from a string

`utils.strip_newlines` Strips leading or trailing newlines from a string

### Parameters

string

  The string to strip newlines from

leading

  Whether to strip leading newlines

trailing

  Whether to strip trailing newlines

### Description

This template strips at most one leading and one trailing newline from string. This is useful for preformatted block elements where leading and trailing newlines are ignored to make source formatting easier for authors.

utils.strip_newlines