Table of Contents
# $EPIC: snip.txt,v 1.3 2007/02/27 04:57:37 jnelson Exp $
Synopsis:
load snip
$_snippy(<end> “<what>” <string>)
$snip(<string>)
$rsnip(<string>)
$lsnip(<string>)
$bsnip(<string>)
Description:
The $_snippy() function returns the <string> after all instances of the substring <what> have been removed (“snipped”) from either the start or the end of the string. If <end> is l, then it is removed from the start (“left”) of the string, and if it is r, then it is removed from the end (“right”) of the string.
The $snip() and $rsnip() functions returns the <string> with all of the spaces on the end removed.
The $lsnip() function returns the <string> with all of the spaces at the beginning removed.
The $bsnip() function returns the <string> with all of the spaces at the beginning and at the end removed.
History:
This function was written by Xavier and first appeared in epic5-0.3.2.