/*
 * Destructivly strip a bounded substring out of a string
 * remove (), <>, [], {} etc and their contents
 *
 * Returns 1 (Success) or 0 (Fail)
 */
int stripout(char *_caStBuff, char _leftboundary, char _rightboundary) {
    int         iLoop,
            iStrLen,
            iLeft,
            iRight ;

    iLeft   = (-1) ;
    iRight  = (-1) ;
    iStrLen = strlen( _caStrBuff ) ;

    if ( iStrLen < 1 ) {
        // I can't help you
        return 0 ;
    }

    // find boundery indexs
    for (iLoop = 0; iLoop < iStrLen; ++iLoop) {
        if (_caStrBuff[iLoop] == _leftboundary) {
            iLeft = iLoop ;
        } else if (_caStrBuff[iLoop] == _rightboundary) {
            iRight = iLoop ;
        } else {
        }
    } // find indexs

    if ((iLeft > 0) && (iRight > iLeft) ) {
        strcpy( &_caStrBuff[ iLeft-1 ], &_caStrBuff[ iRight+1 ] ) ;
        return 1 ;
    } else if ( (iLeft == 0) && (iRight > iLeft) ) {
        strcpy( _caStrBuff, &_caStrBuff[ iRight+1 ] ) ;
        return 1 ;
    } else {
    }

    return 0 ;
}