Question

How to remove string trailing path separator in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

void removeTrailingSeparator(char *path) {
    size_t len = strlen(path);
    if (len > 0) {
        // Check if the last character is a path separator
        if (path[len - 1] == '/' || path[len - 1] == '\\') {
            path[len - 1] = '\0'; // Replace it with a null terminator
        }
    }
}

int main() {
    char path[] = "c:/example/path/";

    removeTrailingSeparator(path);
    printf("%s\n", path);

    return 0;
}



/*
run:

c:/example/path

*/

 

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