Re: string func to use in .emacs

[Jesper Harder]

Peter Wu <peterwu@hotmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:44:45 +0100, Jesper Harder wrote:
>
>> A common idiom when you have a function that works in a buffer and
>> want to apply it to a string is to use a temporary buffer:
>
>> (defun string-trim-right (str)
>>   (with-temp-buffer
>>     (insert str)
>>     (delete-trailing-whitespace)
>>     (buffer-string)))
>
> I tried to use the func and got an error: My code:
>
> (string-trim-right("Emacs "))

That should be:

   (string-trim-right "Emacs ")