Trim on ConditionStatement, not on eval

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/ArrayEvalFilter.java

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class ArrayEvalFilter extends PathTokenFilter {
 
         private ConditionStatement(String field, String operator, String expected) {
             this.field = field;
-            this.operator = operator;
+            this.operator = operator.trim();
             this.expected = expected;
 
             if(this.expected.startsWith("'")){

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/eval/ExpressionEvaluator.java

@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ public class ExpressionEvaluator {
 
     public static <T> boolean eval(T actual, String comparator, String expected) {
 
-        comparator = comparator.trim();
-
         if (actual instanceof Long) {
 
             Long a = (Long) actual;