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Diffstat (limited to 'addressbook/ename/e-name-western.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | addressbook/ename/e-name-western.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/addressbook/ename/e-name-western.c b/addressbook/ename/e-name-western.c index 98e03a6682..755d7eabed 100644 --- a/addressbook/ename/e-name-western.c +++ b/addressbook/ename/e-name-western.c @@ -51,18 +51,25 @@ e_name_western_cleanup_string (char **str) if (*str == NULL) return; + /* skip any spaces and commas at the start of the string */ p = *str; while (isspace (*p) || *p == ',') p ++; + /* make the copy we're going to return */ newstr = g_strdup (p); - p = newstr + strlen (newstr) - 1; - while (isspace (*p) || *p == ',') - p --; - if ((! isspace (*p)) && *p != ',') - p ++; - *p = '\0'; + if ( strlen(newstr) > 0) { + /* now search from the back, skipping over any spaces and commas */ + p = newstr + strlen (newstr) - 1; + while (isspace (*p) || *p == ',') + p --; + /* advance p to after the character that caused us to exit the + previous loop, and end the string. */ + if ((! isspace (*p)) && *p != ',') + p ++; + *p = '\0'; + } g_free (*str); *str = newstr; |