From: rbs{at}snippets.org
To: c_echo{at}yahoogroups.com

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Roger Scudder wrote:

> Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  I find the following to be easier
> on my eyes.
>
> static char *notrail(char *s)
> {
> 	if (s)
> 	{
> 		char n = strlen(s)-1;
> 		while(n >= 0 && isspace(s[n]))
> 			s[n--] = '\0';
> 	}
> 	return s;
> }

And I personally prefer...

----[ snip ]----
char *rmtrail(char *str)
{
      if (str)
      {
            int i;

            for (i = strlen(str) - 1; i >= 0 && isspace(str[i]); --i)
                  ;
            str[++i] = NUL;
      }
      return str;
}
----[ snip ]----

...proving once again that programming is both art and science and, like
any art, subject to matters of taste.

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