# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#  This file is part of the Calibre-Web (https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web)
#    Copyright (C) 2024 OzzieIsaacs
#
#  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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import re


def strip_whitespaces(text):
    return re.sub(r"(^[\s\u200B-\u200D\ufeff]+)|([\s\u200B-\u200D\ufeff]+$)","", text)