_chomp

Removes trailing whitespace from a string.

This function doesn't allocate or reallocate any memory; it modifies string in place. Therefore, it cannot be used on statically allocated strings.

The pointer to string is returned to allow the nesting of functions.

Also see [func@GLib.strchug] and [func@GLib.strstrip].

Example: Remove trailing whitespace (inline):

public static int main (string[] args) {
	string my_wisdom = " His scarf killed Stimson. -- Arrest the scarf then.  \t ";
	unowned string res = my_wisdom._chomp ();

	// Output:
	//   ``' His scarf killed Stimson. -- Arrest the scarf then.'``
	//   ``' His scarf killed Stimson. -- Arrest the scarf then.'``
	print ("'%s'\n", my_wisdom);
	print ("'%s'\n", res);

	return 0;
}

valac --pkg glib-2.0 string._chomp.vala

Parameters:

string

a string to remove the trailing whitespace from

Returns:

the modified string