/* Perl inspired chomp() implementation. * * Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Joachim Nilsson * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. */ #include #include /** * chomp - Perl like chomp function, chop off last char(s) if newline. * @str: String to chomp * * This function is like Perl chomp, but it's set to chop of all * trailing newlines. * * Returns: * If @str is a valid pointer this function returns @str, otherwise * @errno is set to %EINVAL and this function returns %NULL. */ char *chomp(char *str) { char *p; if (!str || strlen(str) < 1) { errno = EINVAL; return NULL; } p = str + strlen(str) - 1; while (*p == '\n') *p-- = 0; return str; } #ifdef UNITTEST #include int main(void) { int i; char t[][16] = { "hej\ndej", "Slime\n\n\\n", "Tripple\n\n\n", "" }; for (i = 0; t[i][0]; i++) printf("[%02d]: '%s'\n", i, chomp(t[i])); return 0; } #endif /** * Local Variables: * compile-command: "make V=1 -f chomp.mk" * version-control: t * indent-tabs-mode: t * c-file-style: "linux" * End: */