String problem

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  1. gaurang2984

    gaurang2984 New Member

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    Hi all,
    I want remove tail end whitespace from string in c.for example- i/p string is "today is monday "and o/p string is "today is monday"
    plz help asap.
    thanks in advance....
     
  2. xpi0t0s

    xpi0t0s Mentor

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    It's not difficult. Where are you stuck?
    Generally the algorithm for this would be:
    find the last character in the string
    if it's a space, replace it with \0
    repeat until the last character in the string isn't a space.
     
  3. ungalnanban

    ungalnanban New Member

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    See the following Example C program to remove the training space.


    Code:
    #include<stdio.h>
    #include<string.h>
    
    main()
    {
            char string[]="welcome to go4Expert            ";
    
            int len=strlen(string);    // find the length of the string
            printf("%s",string);
            printf("=======\n");  //indicator.
            int c;
            int i=0;
            len=len-1;
            while(isspace((c=string[len])))  // read the string from end up to find a character.
            {
                    len--;
            }
            string[len]='\0';  // insert the null character after found the alpha character
            printf("%s",string);
            printf("=======\n");
    
    }
    
    Output:
    Code:
    welcome to go4Expert            =======
    welcome to go4Exper=======
    
    in first line the indicator prints after some space. in second line the indicator prints near the string.
     
    Last edited: Feb 25, 2010
  4. virxen

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    i have written 3 general functions regarding trims

    check this
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include <malloc.h>
    
    
    void [COLOR=Blue]trimLeft[/COLOR](char [],char);
    void [COLOR=Blue]trimRight[/COLOR](char [],char);
    void [COLOR=Blue]trim[/COLOR](char[],char);
    
    void trimRight(char string[],char what){//what=the char to remove
        int len= strlen(string)-1;
        while (string[len-1]==what){
             len--;
         }
         string[len]= '\0';
    }
    void trimLeft(char string[],char what){
        int i=0,len=0,len1=0,size=0;
        len=strlen(string);
         while (string[len1]==what){
             len1++;
         }
         size=len-len1;
         char * rest=NULL;
         if (len1>0){
                rest=(char *)malloc((size+1)*sizeof(char));
              for (i=len1;i<len;i++){
                    rest[i-len1]=string[i];
              }
              rest[size]='\0';
              strcpy(string,rest);
        }
    }
    
    
    void trim(char string[],char what){
       trimRight(string,what);
       trimLeft(string,what);
    }
    
    int main(){
    char test1[]="+++++++++++++++test1+++++++++++++++";
    printf("\nbefore trimRight:<%s>",test1);
    trimRight(test1,'+');
    printf("\nafter trimRight:<%s>",test1);
    printf("\n");
    
    char test2[]="@@@@@@@@@@@@test2------------";
    printf("\nbefore trimLeft:<%s>",test2);
    trimLeft(test2,'@');
    printf("\nafter trimLeft:<%s>",test2);
    printf("\n");
    
    char test3[]="--------------test3------------";
    printf("\nbefore trim:<%s>",test3);
    trim(test3,'-');
    printf("\nafter trim:<%s>",test3);
    printf("\n");
    getchar();
    return 0;
    }
    
    
    
     
  5. abubacker1

    abubacker1 New Member

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    Hope this is a better way
    Code:
    #include<stdio.h>
    #include<string.h>
    #include<malloc.h>
    main()
    {
            char *str ;
            char string[]="welcome to go4Expert     ";
    
            int len=strlen(string);    // find the length of the string
            printf("%s",string);
            printf("=======\n");  //indicator.
            int c;
            int i=0;
            len--;
                    str = string ;
                    str+=len ;
            while (isspace((*str--)));
            *(str+2)='\0';  // insert a null character
    
            printf("%s",string);
            printf("=======\n");
    
    }
    
     
  6. ungalnanban

    ungalnanban New Member

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    See the following Example C program to remove the training space.


    Code:
    Code:
    #include<stdio.h>
    #include<string.h>
    
    main()
    {
            char string[]="welcome to go4Expert            ";
    
            int len=strlen(string);    // find the length of the string
            printf("%s",string);
            printf("=======\n");  //indicator.
            int c;
            int i=0;
            len=len-1;
            while(isspace((c=string[len])))  // read the string from end up to find a character.
            {
                    len--;
            }
    [B]         string[len+1]='\0';  [/B]// insert the null character after found the alpha character
            printf("%s",string);
            printf("=======\n");
    
    } 
    
    Output:
    Code:
    Code:
    welcome to go4Expert                =======
    welcome to go4Expert======= 
    
    in first line the indicator prints after some space. in second line the indicator prints near the string.

    Note: Last post for This node I did a mistake in coding. Now I correct it and I highlight that in code.
     
    Last edited: Feb 25, 2010

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