http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadFile.do?objectId=3228&objectType=file% (c) Primoz Cermelj, primoz.cermelj@email.si
% Last revision: 24.03.2003
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if (isempty(str)) | (nargin < 1)
outstr = [];
return
end
if nargin < 2 | isempty(trimType)
trimType = 'both';
end
if isnumeric(str)
outstr = str;
else
ind = find( ~isspace(str) ); % indices of the non-space characters in the str
if isempty(ind)
outstr = [];
else
if strcmpi(trimType,'left')
outstr = str( ind(1):end );
elseif strcmpi(trimType,'right')
outstr = str( 1:ind(end) );
elseif strcmpi(trimType,'both')
outstr = str( ind(1):ind(end) );
elseif strcmpi(trimType,'full')
outstr = str( ind );
else
error('Unknown string trimming operation');
end
end
end
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MEX -file probably would be better
however, I guess in calculations strtrim is appiaring very seldom, so it doesn't matter
