From e37e5752619499fdd34393e5aae9937d246e3cab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:02:31 -0400
Subject: Implement ob_set_substvar().

---
(limited to 'lib')

diff --git a/lib/control.sh b/lib/control.sh
index 12dc8bd..15093a0 100644
--- a/lib/control.sh
+++ b/lib/control.sh
@@ -139,6 +139,36 @@ ${_obpco_line# }"
 	return ${?}
 }
 
+ob_set_substvar()
+{
+	_ob_local _obssv_name _obssv_value
+
+	if [ ${#} -eq 2 ]; then
+		_obssv_name="${1}"
+		_obssv_value="${2}"
+	else
+		_ob_return 125
+		return ${?}
+	fi
+
+	# Trim leading and trailing whitespace from value.
+	_obssv_value="$(echo "${_obssv_value}" | sed -n '
+		H;                # Store each input line in the hold space.
+		${                # At the last line of input, …
+		  g;              # … restore the hold space into the pattern space, …
+		  s/^[ \t\n]*//;  # … remove leading whitespace, …
+		  s/[ \t\n]*$//;  # … remove trailing whitespace, and …
+		  p;              # … print the results.
+		};
+		')"
+
+	_obssv_name="$(echo "${_obssv_name}" | tr 'a-z-' 'A-Z_')"
+	eval "_OB_SUBSTVAR_${_obssv_name}='${_obssv_value}'"
+
+	_ob_return 125
+	return ${?}
+}
+
 _ob_parse_control_error()
 {
 	_ob_local _obpcoe_file _obpcoe_line_nr _obpcoe_msg_id \
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