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+++ b/enigma/enigma_utils.cpp	Sun Jun 24 18:39:05 2012 -0500
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+// Copyright (C) 2012 by Brian Neal.
+// This file is part of Cpp-Enigma, the Enigma Machine simulation.
+// Cpp-Enigma is released under the MIT License (see License.txt).
+//
+// enigma_utils.cpp - Implementation file for enigma_utils.h.
+
+#include "enigma_utils.h"
+
+std::string enigma::remove_spaces(const std::string& s)
+{
+   std::string result;
+   result.reserve(s.size());
+
+   for (const auto& c : s)
+   {
+      if (c != ' ')
+      {
+         result += c;
+      }
+   }
+   return result;
+}