ADDED   mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/m/mtt_strip_name.m
Index: mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/m/mtt_strip_name.m
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+++ mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/m/mtt_strip_name.m
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+function stripped_name = mtt_strip_name (name)
+
+  ## usage:  stripped_name = mtt_strip_name (name)
+  ##
+  ## Removes blanks and [] from a port name
+
+  stripped_name = deblank(name); # remove blanks
+  stripped_name = stripped_name(2:length(stripped_name)-1);
+  stripped_name = deblank(stripped_name); # remove blanks
+
+endfunction