Strip UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) from a string


Keywords
strip, bom, byte, order, mark, unicode, utf8, utf-8, remove, delete, trim, text, string
License
MIT
Install
npm install strip-bom@5.0.0

Documentation

strip-bom

Strip UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) from a string

From Wikipedia:

The Unicode Standard permits the BOM in UTF-8, but does not require nor recommend its use. Byte order has no meaning in UTF-8.

Install

$ npm install strip-bom

Usage

import stripBom from 'strip-bom';

stripBom('\uFEFFunicorn');
//=> 'unicorn'

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