STRTRIM(3pub) C Programmer's Manual STRTRIM(3pub)
NAME
strtrim - remove leading and trailing whitespace
SYNOPSIS
#include <publib.h>
char *strtrim(char *s);
DESCRIPTION
strtrim removes all whitespace characters from the beginning and the end of a string. As whitespace is counted everything for which iss-
pace(3) returns true.
RETURN VALUE
strtrim returns its argument.
EXAMPLE
To remove whitespace from the beginning and end of all lines, you might do the following:
#include <publib.h>
int main(void) {
char line[512];
while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdio) != NULL) {
strtrim(line);
printf("%s", line);
}
return 0;
}
SEE ALSO
publib(3), strrtrim(3), strltrim(3), isspace(3)
AUTHOR
Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)
Publib C Programmer's Manual STRTRIM(3pub)
