Merge pull request #12147 from KratosMultiphysics/med/trim-whitespace

[MedApp] Trim Whitespace in Group Names

applications/MedApplication/custom_io/med_model_part_io.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "utilities/builtin_timer.h"
 #include "utilities/parallel_utilities.h"
 #include "utilities/variable_utils.h"
+#include "utilities/string_utilities.h"
 
 namespace Kratos {
 
@@ -67,13 +68,6 @@ void CheckMEDErrorCode(const int ierr, const std::string& MEDCallName)
     KRATOS_ERROR_IF(ierr < 0) << MEDCallName << " failed with error code " << ierr << "." << std::endl;
 }
 
-// The names in the MED-file often have trailing null-chars, which need to be removed
-// this can otherwise make debugging very tricky
-void RemoveTrailingNullChars(std::string& rInput)
-{
-    rInput.erase(std::find(rInput.begin(), rInput.end(), '\0'), rInput.end());
-}
-
 template<typename T>
 void CheckConnectivitiesSize(
     const std::size_t ExpectedSize,
@@ -329,8 +323,7 @@ auto GetGroupsByFamily(
         std::vector<std::string> group_names(num_groups);
         // split the goup names
         for (int i = 0; i < num_groups; i++) {
-            group_names[i] = c_group_names.substr(i * MED_LNAME_SIZE, MED_LNAME_SIZE);
-            RemoveTrailingNullChars(group_names[i]);
+            group_names[i] = StringUtilities::Trim(c_group_names.substr(i * MED_LNAME_SIZE, MED_LNAME_SIZE), /*RemoveNullChar=*/true);
         }
 
         groups_by_family[family_number] = std::move(group_names);
@@ -424,7 +417,7 @@ class MedModelPartIO::MedFileHandler
                 axis_unit.data());
             CheckMEDErrorCode(err, "MEDmeshInfo");
 
-            RemoveTrailingNullChars(mMeshName);
+            mMeshName = StringUtilities::Trim(mMeshName, /*RemoveNullChar=*/true);
             mDimension = space_dim;
         }