====== Option +strip+ Specifies the boolean value that determines whether whitespace is stripped from each input field. Default value: CSV::DEFAULT_OPTIONS.fetch(:strip) # => false With default value +false+: ary = CSV.parse_line(' a , b ') ary # => [" a ", " b "] With value +true+: ary = CSV.parse_line(' a , b ', strip: true) ary # => ["a", "b"]