Re: [Boost-users] a little help with trimming strings

From: Mark Wyszomierski (markww_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-15 13:31:38

Thanks guys, works perfectly,

Mark

On 9/15/07, raulh39_at_[hidden] <raulh39_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:50:20 -0400
> "Mark Wyszomierski" <markww_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible using the trim() family of functions to remove not just
> > white space, but some substring from the right of a string? For
> > example, if I want to remove commas from the right:
> >
> >   string str = "whatever,";
> >   TrimRight(str, ",");
> >   // str == "whatever" now.
> >
> > or a full string to trim:
> >
> >     string str = "hello world";
> >     TrimRight(str, "world");
> >     // str == "hello ";
> >
> > I could write these simple functions myself but am wondering if boost
>
> Maybe it is "erase_last" what you are looking for:
>
> #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
>
> using namespace algorithm;
>
> string str = "hello world";
> erase_last(str,"world");
> // str == "hello "
>
> HTH.
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