# How can I keep leading and trailing spaces in a parsed string?

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**Created:** [December 12, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-keep-leading-and-trailing-spaces-in-a-parsed-string/55491 "2021-12-12T18:46:06Z")
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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-keep-leading-and-trailing-spaces-in-a-parsed-string/55491/2 "2021-12-12T19:23:20Z")

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You can only use the `json_...` functions to navigate when in JSON mode, so no `gotochar` for you there.

See [How to Say to output without trimming whitespace?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-say-to-output-without-trimming-whitespace/53276) for a similar topic which describes the trimming of whitespace you're observing.

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