Regular Expressions - Remove Whitespace from Start and End

JavaScript
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Tell us what’s happening:
Describe your issue in detail here.

Hey, so I understand the solution when I click on “Get a Hint”, but I am curious why this solution won’t work for this particular question. It seems like there is an extra whitespace after “Hello, World!”, but I am curious why this happens.

Your code so far

let hello = "   Hello, World!  ";
let wsRegex = /^(\s+)(.+)(\s+)$/; // Change this line
let result = hello.replace(wsRegex, '$2'); // Change this line
console.log(result)

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Challenge: Regular Expressions - Remove Whitespace from Start and End

Link to the challenge:

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Toss the regular expression up top and " Hello, World! " in the bottom and see if you can find out what is going on.

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