;; Removes a trailing '-' from name

;; Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Walter Landry and the Regents of the University
;; of California

;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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(defun arx-strip-trailing-dash (name)
  "Removes a trailing '-' from name"
  ;; Checking for the empty string
  (if (and (< 1 (length name))
	   (string= "-" (substring name (- (length name) 1)
				   (length name))))
      (substring name 0 (- (length name) 1))
    (if name
	name
      "")))