assign “it” in each iteration (groovy)

Question

Hey, i try to trim each string item of an list in groovy

list.each() { it = it.trim(); }

But this only works within the closure, in the list th

Answer 1

According to the Groovy Quick Start, using collect will collect the values returned from the closure.

Here's a little example using the Groovy Shell:

groovy:000> ["a    ", "  b"].collect { it.trim() }
===> [a, b]