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+#!/bin/bash
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2090316 for license information.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Docs: https://github.com/devcontainers/features/tree/main/src/dotnet
+# Maintainer: The Dev Container spec maintainers
+
+# Removes leading and trailing whitespace from an input string
+# Usage: trim_whitespace <text>
+trim_whitespace() {
+    text="$1"
+
+    # Remove leading spaces
+    while [ "${text:0:1}" == " " ]; do
+        text="${text:1}"
+    done
+
+    # Remove trailing spaces
+    while [ "${text: -1}" == " " ]; do
+        text="${text:0:-1}"
+    done
+
+    echo "$text"
+}
+
+# Splits comma-separated values into an array while ignoring empty entries
+# Usage: split_csv <comma-separated-values>
+split_csv() {
+    local -a values=()
+    while IFS="," read -ra entries; do
+        for entry in "${entries[@]}"; do
+            entry="$(trim_whitespace "$entry")"
+            if [ -n "$entry" ]; then
+                values+=("$entry")
+            fi
+        done
+    done <<< "$1"
+
+    echo "${values[@]}"
+}
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