function sout = ddewhite(s)
%DDEWHITE - double dewhite. Strip both leading and trailing whitespace.
%
%   DDEWHITE(S) removes leading and trailing white space and any null
%   characters from the string S.  A null character is one that has an absolute
%   value of 0.
%
%   See also DEWHITE, DEBLANK, DDEBLANK.

%   Author:      Peter J. Acklam
%   Time-stamp:  2003-10-13 11:12:57 +0200
%   E-mail:      pjacklam@online.no
%   URL:         http://home.online.no/~pjacklam

   error(nargchk(1, 1, nargin));
   if ~ischar(s)
      error('Input must be a string (char array).');
   end

   if isempty(s)
      sout = s;
      return;
   end

   [r, c] = find(~isspace(s));
   if size(s, 1) == 1
      sout = s(min(c) : max(c));
   else
      sout = s(:, min(c) : max(c));
   end

