Function removeLeadingCharacter

src/utils/string.cpp:965–979

* @brief Removes @c n @c leading characters from the given string @c s and * returns the result. * * @param s String from which leading characters are tp be removed. * @param leading Leading character to remove. * @param n Max number of characters to remove. If not set, remove as much * as possible. */

*          as possible.
*/
std::string removeLeadingCharacter(const std::string &s, char leading, std::size_t n) {
	if (n == 0) {
		return s;
	}

	std::string ret(s);
	std::size_t counter = 0;
	while (ret[0] == leading) {
		ret.erase(0, 1);
		if (n == ++counter) {
			return ret;
		}
	}
	return ret;
}

/**
 * @return @c True if character @a c is a control character, @c false otherwise.