Talk:Trimming (computer programming)

C/C++ example needs actual code

The C/C++ example isn't too illustrative of the theory behind trimming a string in C. Perhaps an example that contains the actual code would be more appropriate. (I want to see some loops in there!) --indil 20:55, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I went for a brief overview and stuck with the simplest functions/libraries/implementations I could find. Please feel free to add some code :) —Pengo ^{talk · contribs} 13:02, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed the code for the C example. I believe the old example would have leaked memory - for processing large amounts of data, this could cause problems! On a side note, could someone check to make sure I haven't done something dumb while writing this (it compiled and worked in VC++) --Portej 07:29, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

in AWK better to use those command:

function ltrim(s) { sub(/^ */, "", s); return s }

function rtrim(s) { sub(/ *$/, "", s); return s }

function trim(s) { return rtrim(ltrim(s)); }