It's not uncommon that I have to trim strings in my projects. Since the trim method on the String object is not generally available on all browser platforms I've decided to extend JSMCV's $.String class a bit:

1. steal(
2. 'jquery',
3. 'jquery/lang/string'
4. ).then(function($) {
5.    $.extend(true, $.String, {
6.       trim: function (s) { return s.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); },
7.       ltrim: function (s) { return s.replace(/^\s+/, ''); },
8.       rtrim: function (s) { return s.replace(/\s+$/, ''); }
9.    });
10. });

I wonder if this could be added to the $.String object in some future version?
--
Thomas