Function msStringTrimLeft

mapstring.c:452–483

** Remove leading white spaces and shift everything to the left. */

** Remove leading white spaces and shift everything to the left.
*/
char *msStringTrimLeft(char *string)
{
    char *read, *write;
    int i, length;

    if (string && strlen(string) > 0)
    {
        length = strlen(string);
        read = string;
        write = string;

        for (i=0; i<length; i++)
        {
            if (isspace(string[i]))
              read++;
            else
              break;
        }

        if (read > write)
        {
            while (*read)
            {
                *write = *read;
                read++;
                write++;
            }
            *write = '\0';
        }
    }
    return string;
}
    
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/*       Trims trailing blanks from a string                                        */