strendzap(3pub)

strendzap3pub

Remove pattern from end of str, if it is there

Usage

#include <publib.h>
int strendzap(char *str, const char *pat);

Overview

strendzap removes pat from the end of str if it is there. Otherwise, it does nothing.

Return value

strendzap returns non-zero if it removed anything, 0 if not.

Examples

To remove the suffix .c from the end of a filename, you might do this:

#include <publib.h>
strendzap(filename, ".c");

Releases

16 releases since Debian 1.2 (Rex); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 1.2–1.3
  2. 2.0–2.2
  3. 3.0
  4. 3.1–6.0
  5. 7–13

Author

Lars Wirzenius ([email protected])

From publib-dev 0.40-4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.