Stripping character at the start or end of a string

Question

In python there is a method to replace a certain character(s) at the edges of a string, such as:

>>> "   , hello,".strip(", ")
'hello'

Is there a method to do this in javascript, or does it need to be done with a regular expression? For example:

console.log("'" + "   , hello,".replace(/^\W+|\W+$/g, "") + "'");

Answer 1

No, there is no such method. There is only .trim(), which only trims white space.