readLine and line terminators

[llee]

Nick Sabalausky Wrote:

> "llee" <llee at goucher.edu> wrote in message 
> news:g3br0o$21np$1 at digitalmars.com...
> > I'm parsing a cgi request and was using the din.readLine function to get 
> > each line. readLine will read bytes from a stream until it encounters 
> > either '\n' or '\r'. I need it return lines terminated with "\n\r". Does 
> > anyone know how to do this. Or if there are any other options.
> 
> I'm not familiar with the details of the text IO APIs, but you could always 
> just wrap it in another function like this:
> 
> //Psuedocode
> string ReadLineGuaranteeLineEnding() // Could probably think of a better 
> name
> {
>     // Read from din.readLine
>     // Check for and remove any trailing '\n' and '\r'
>     // Append "\n\r"
>     // Return result
> } 
> 
> 

I need din.readLine to read lines that are terminated with '\n\r' with these characters removed. Right now, readLine will read a line until it encounters '\n' and return. It will then read the '\r' and return. I wanted to know if there is a way to read a line that is terminated with '\n\r' and return it with these characters removed.