+ # Is the string non-empty but only made of whitespaces?
+ #
+ # assert " \n\t ".is_whitespace == true
+ # assert " hello ".is_whitespace == false
+ # assert "".is_whitespace == false
+ #
+ # `Char::is_whitespace` determines what is a whitespace.
+ fun is_whitespace: Bool
+ do
+ if is_empty then return false
+ for c in self.chars do
+ if not c.is_whitespace then return false
+ end
+ return true
+ end
+
+ # Returns `self` removed from its last line terminator (if any).
+ #
+ # assert "Hello\n".chomp == "Hello"
+ # assert "Hello".chomp == "Hello"
+ #
+ # assert "\n".chomp == ""
+ # assert "".chomp == ""
+ #
+ # Line terminators are `"\n"`, `"\r\n"` and `"\r"`.
+ # A single line terminator, the last one, is removed.
+ #
+ # assert "\r\n".chomp == ""
+ # assert "\r\n\n".chomp == "\r\n"
+ # assert "\r\n\r\n".chomp == "\r\n"
+ # assert "\r\n\r".chomp == "\r\n"
+ #
+ # Note: unlike with most IO methods like `Reader::read_line`,
+ # a single `\r` is considered here to be a line terminator and will be removed.
+ fun chomp: SELFTYPE
+ do
+ var len = length
+ if len == 0 then return self
+ var l = self.chars.last
+ if l == '\r' then
+ return substring(0, len-1)
+ else if l != '\n' then
+ return self
+ else if len > 1 and self.chars[len-2] == '\r' then
+ return substring(0, len-2)
+ else
+ return substring(0, len-1)
+ end
+ end
+