string-remove-duplicate-heads-tails/README.md

Detect and (recursively) remove head and tail wrappings around the input string

<h1 align="center">string-remove-duplicate-heads-tails</h1>

<p align="center">Detect and (recursively) remove head and tail wrappings around the input string</p>

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## Install

This package is [pure ESM](https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c). If you're not ready yet, install an older version of this program, 5.1.0 (`npm i string-remove-duplicate-heads-tails@5.1.0`).

```bash
npm i string-remove-duplicate-heads-tails
```

## Quick Take

```js
import { strict as assert } from "assert";

import { remDup } from "string-remove-duplicate-heads-tails";

assert.equal(
  remDup("{{ Hi {{ first_name }}! }}", {
    heads: "{{ ",
    tails: " }}",
  }),
  "Hi {{ first_name }}!",
);
```

## Documentation

Please [visit codsen.com](https://codsen.com/os/string-remove-duplicate-heads-tails/) for a full description of the API. If you’re looking for the **Changelog**, it’s [here](https://github.com/codsen/codsen/blob/main/packages/string-remove-duplicate-heads-tails/CHANGELOG.md).

## Contributing

To report bugs or request features or assistance, [raise an issue](https://github.com/codsen/codsen/issues/new/choose) on GitHub.

## Licence

MIT License

Copyright © 2010-2025 Roy Revelt and other contributors

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