// Removes leading whitespaces
function LTrim(value) {
    var re = /\s*((\S+\s*)*)/;
    return value.replace(re, "$1");
}

// Removes ending whitespaces
function RTrim(value) {
    var re = /((\s*\S+)*)\s*/;
    return value.replace(re, "$1");
}

// Removes leading and ending whitespaces
function trim(value) {
    return LTrim(RTrim(value));
}