trim_right_copy

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Prototype

str trim_right_copy(const str& xs)

Description

Remove all trailing spaces from the input. The result is a trimmed copy of the input.

Example:

str s = trim_right_copy("   TextTransformer   ");

has the result: s == "   TextTransformer".

This command is useful, to extract text, which is covered by a SKIP symbol. When the parser recognizes the token after the SKIP symbol, leading spaces are ignored, but not the spaces before the token. For example:

SKIP {{ out << trim_right_copy( xState.str()); }} "$"

input        : "        77.74       $"

output        : "77.74"

xState.str() == "77.74       " and trim_right_copy(xState.str()) == "77.74".

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