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Top Forums Programming How to trim the white space around a string in C program Post 302245905 by jim mcnamara on Saturday 11th of October 2008 03:56:47 PM
Old 10-11-2008
Note to anybody copying code: both of calv's examples will segfault as posted. I have not had time to mess with it. On Monday I can get time to post something.

Segfaults on the condition when there are no spaces in the string, for example.
Plus undeclared variables.... maybe someone else can fix it.

edit: corrected code
Code:
void trim_copy(char *input, char *output)
{
  char *end =NULL   //  ouput;
  char c;

  // skip spaces at start
  while(*input && isspace(*input))
    ++input;

  // copy the rest while remembering the last non-whitespace
  while(*input)
  {
    // copy character
    c = *(output++) = *(input++);

    // if its not a whitespace, this *could* be the last character
    if( !isspace(c) )
      end = output;
  }

  // white the terminating zero after last non-whitespace
  if(end!=NULL) *end = 0;
}

Code:
similar changes are needed for the other example, trim_nocopy();


Last edited by jim mcnamara; 10-13-2008 at 11:03 AM..
 

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punycode_decode(3)						      libidn							punycode_decode(3)

NAME
punycode_decode - API function SYNOPSIS
#include <punycode.h> int punycode_decode(size_t input_length, const char [] input, size_t * output_length, punycode_uint [] output, unsigned char [] case_flags); ARGUMENTS
size_t input_length The number of ASCII code points in the input array. const char [] input An array of ASCII code points (0..7F). size_t * output_length The caller passes in the maximum number of code points that it can receive into the output array (which is also the maximum number of flags that it can receive into the case_flags array, if case_flags is not a NULL pointer). On successful return it will contain the number of code points actually output (which is also the number of flags actually output, if case_flags is not a null pointer). The decoder will never need to output more code points than the number of ASCII code points in the input, because of the way the encoding is defined. The number of code points output cannot exceed the maximum possible value of a punycode_uint, even if the supplied output_length is greater than that. punycode_uint [] output An array of code points like the input argument of punycode_encode() (see above). unsigned char [] case_flags A NULL pointer (if the flags are not needed by the caller) or an array of boolean values parallel to the output array. Nonzero (true, flagged) suggests that the corresponding Unicode character be forced to uppercase by the caller (if possible), and zero (false, unflagged) suggests that it be forced to lowercase (if possible). ASCII code points (0..7F) are output already in the proper case, but their flags will be set appropriately so that applying the flags would be harmless. DESCRIPTION
Converts Punycode to a sequence of code points (presumed to be Unicode code points). RETURN VALUE
The return value can be any of the Punycode_status values defined above. If not PUNYCODE_SUCCESS, then output_length, output, and case_flags might contain garbage. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-libidn@gnu.org>. GNU Libidn home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/ General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/ COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Simon Josefsson. Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for libidn is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and libidn programs are properly installed at your site, the command info libidn should give you access to the complete manual. libidn 1.25 punycode_decode(3)
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