From 04a31f9fca2f5fc0b9cab67601d46575eb3dffae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Allen <bsallen@alcf.anl.gov>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 23:10:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Move some of the common functions to a utils file

---
 lib/util.go | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/util.go

diff --git a/lib/util.go b/lib/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e381a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package sastopo
+
+func itob(i int) bool {
+	if i == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// trimPoints loops through a []byte looking for left trim and right trim points
+// for trimming 0x00 (null) and 0x20 (ascii space)
+func trimPoints(line []byte) (start int, stop int) {
+
+	//left trim point
+	for i := 0; i < len(line); i++ {
+		if line[i] == 0x20 || line[i] == 0x00 {
+			continue
+		} else {
+			start = i
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	//right trim point
+	for i := len(line) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if line[i] == 0x20 || line[i] == 0x00 {
+			continue
+		} else {
+			stop = i + 1
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return start, stop
+}