- s = g_new (gchar, format.w + 1);
- data_out (&v, &format, s);
- s[format.w]='\0';
- g_strchug (s);
+/* Formats a value with format FORMAT and strips white space appropriately for
+ FORMATs' type. That is, if FORMAT is numeric, strips leading white space
+ (because numbers are right-justified within their fields), and if FORMAT is
+ string, strips trailing white space (because spaces pad out string values on
+ the right).
+
+ Returns an allocated string. The returned string must be freed when no
+ longer required. */
+gchar *
+value_to_text__ (union value v,
+ const struct fmt_spec *format, const char *encoding)
+{
+ gchar *s;
+
+ s = data_out_stretchy (&v, encoding, format, NULL);
+ if (fmt_is_numeric (format->type))
+ g_strchug (s);
+ else
+ g_strchomp (s);