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STRTRIM(3)		     C Programmer's Manual		    STRTRIM(3)

NAME
       strtrim - remove	leading	and trailing whitespace

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<publib.h>
       char *strtrim(char *s);

DESCRIPTION
       strtrim	removes	 all  whitespace characters from the beginning and the
       end of a	string.	 As whitespace is counted  everything  for  which  is-
       space(3)	returns	true.

RETURN VALUE
       strtrim returns its argument.

EXAMPLE
       To remove whitespace from the beginning and end of all lines, you might
       do the following:

	    #include <publib.h>

	    int	main(void) {
		 char line[512];

		 while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdio) != NULL) {
		      strtrim(line);
		      printf("%s", line);
		 }
		 return	0;
	    }

SEE ALSO
       publib(3), strrtrim(3), strltrim(3), isspace(3)

AUTHOR
       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)

Publib			     C Programmer's Manual		    STRTRIM(3)

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