Merge pull request #23 from lucblassel/trailing_whitespace

Fixing newick parsing
evolbioinfo · Apr 29, 2024 · c8ec0e0 · c8ec0e0
2 parents df34e91 + b959a7f
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ The `gotree` executable should be located in the current folder (or the `$GOPATH
 
 To test the executable:
 ```
-./test.sh
+bash test.sh
 ```
 
 ## Auto completion

diff --git a/io/fileutils/readln.go b/io/fileutils/readln.go
@@ -37,7 +37,13 @@ func ReadUntilSemiColon(r *bufio.Reader) (string, error) {
 		line, isPrefix, err = r.ReadLine()
 		ln = append(ln, line...)
 		if len(ln) > 0 {
-			lastChar = ln[len(ln)-1]
+			i := len(ln) - 1
+			lastChar = ln[i]
+			// Test what last non-space character of the line is
+			for (lastChar == ' ' || lastChar == '\t') && i >= 0 {
+				i--
+				lastChar = ln[i]
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return string(ln), err