1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libnetdata/simple_pattern/simple_pattern.c b/libnetdata/simple_pattern/simple_pattern.c
index ab4b9de3c..70b06a22b 100644
--- a/libnetdata/simple_pattern/simple_pattern.c
+++ b/libnetdata/simple_pattern/simple_pattern.c
@@ -331,3 +331,35 @@ extern int simple_pattern_is_potential_name(SIMPLE_PATTERN *p)
     }
     return (alpha || wildcards) && !colon;
 }
+
+char *simple_pattern_trim_around_equal(char *src) {
+    char *store = mallocz(strlen(src) +1);
+    if(!store)
+        return NULL;
+
+    char *dst = store;
+    while (*src) {
+        if (*src == '=') {
+            if (*(dst -1) == ' ')
+                dst--;
+
+            *dst++ = *src++;
+            if (*src == ' ')
+                src++;
+        }
+
+        *dst++ = *src++;
+    }
+    *dst = 0x00;
+
+    return store;
+}
+
+char *simple_pattern_iterate(SIMPLE_PATTERN **p)
+{
+    struct simple_pattern *root = (struct simple_pattern *) *p;
+    struct simple_pattern **Proot = (struct simple_pattern **)p;
+
+    (*Proot) = (*Proot)->next;
+    return (char *) root->match;
+}