cybersmyth

void chomp (string& str,string victims="\n \t\r")
{
	string::size_type pos = str.find_last_not_of(victims);

	if(pos != string::npos)
		str = str.substr(0, pos+1);
	else
		str = "";
}

cybersmyth

/*
 * Weed just removes all characters in the "weeds" string from the source string
 */
string weed (string& str,string weeds="\n \t\r")
{
	string rv;
	for (char c : str)
		if ((weeds.find(c) == string::npos))
			rv.insert(rv.end(),c);
	return rv;