From: Kurt Kuzba
KK>    if (string || *string)

    Yes...  But not quite right, is it?  I'm sure you meant to post
 a fully operational version, which is more like this:

/*_|_|  notrail.c
_|_|_|  Public Domain : Kurt Kuzba : Friday, September 19, 2003
_|_|_|  Simple routine to strip trailing spaces in one pass.
_|_|_|  No guarantee or warrantee is given or implied.
_|_|*/
#include 
#include 
#define NUL 0;
static char *notrail(char *string)
{
   int space = 0, iterator = 0;
   if (string && *string)
   {
      for(; *(string + iterator); iterator++)
         if(!isspace(*(string + iterator))) space = iterator;
      if(space != iterator) *(string + space + 1) = NUL;
   }
   return string;
}
int main (void)
{
   char buf[32],
      *test[10] = {"trailing   test  ", "test",
"trailing * ",
      "foo0", "foo1 ", "foo2  ", "foo3  
", "foo4    ",
      " penultimate", NULL};
   int iterator;
   for(iterator = 0; iterator < 10; iterator++)
   {
      sprintf(buf, "%s", test[iterator]);
      notrail(buf);
      printf("*%s*\n", buf);
   }
   fgets(buf, 16, stdin);
   return 0;
}
/*_|_|  end notrail.c
_|_|*/

    While the error is indefensible, I'm certain that with a bit
 more practice, you will stop making silly errors some day...
 Given your propensity to act in haste and without giving full
 consideration to what you are about, however, perhaps not!

>  kkuzba{at}centurytel.net   http://home.centurytel.net/kkuzba
>  But it has long been said, 'Oft evil will shall evil mar.'

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