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Re: New rtrim()

• Posted by Jiri Babor <jbabor at PARADISE.NET.NZ> Sep 13, 2001
• 415 views

Colin,

Igor's unattributed brilliant idea *is* my version. Pity I did not
copyright the bloody thing as seems to be the trend these days.

But then I do not really care at all, I just hate confusion...

jiri

----- Original Message -----
From: <cetaylor at compuserve.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: RE: New rtrim()


>
> Igor,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I tried it in putsxy.e and didn't see
any
> improvement in performance, so for the moment I'll stick with Jiri's
> original version.
>
> Colin Taylor
>
>
> Igor Kachan wrote:
> > Dear Eu users,
> >
> > There is the rtrim() function in
> > the putsxy.e lib.
> >
> > This function removes zeros from
> > the end of a sequence.
> >
> > New rtrim_() function makes the
> > same thing about 30% faster
> > and is more simple.
> >
> > --
> > function rtrim_(sequence s)
> >            for i=length(s) to 1 by -1 do
> >           if s[i] then
> >    return s[1..i] end if end for
> >    return {}
> > end function
> > --
> >
> > Use it please if you need such a function.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Igor Kachan
> > kinz at peterlink.ru
> >
> >
>
>