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 <lang pseudocode> print stripchars("She was a soul stripper. She took my heart!","aei")
 Sh ws  soul strppr. Sh took my hrt!</lang>
+=={{header|C}}==
+<lang c>#include <string.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+  /* checks if character exists in list */
+int contains( char character, char * list ){
+  while( *list ){
+    if( character == *list )
+      return 1;
+    ++ list;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+  /* removes all chars from string */
+char * strip_chars( char * string, char * chars ){
+  char * newstr = malloc( strlen( string ) );
+  int counter = 0;
+  while( *string ){
+    if( contains( *string, chars ) != 1 ){
+      newstr[ counter ] = *string;
+      ++ counter;
+    }
+    ++ string;
+  }
+  return newstr;
+}
+int main( int argc, char ** argv ){
+  char * new = strip_chars( "She was a soul stripper. She took my heart!", "aei" );
+  printf( "%s\n", new );
+  free( new );
+  return 0;
+}</lang>
+Result:
+<pre>Sh ws  soul strppr. Sh took my hrt!</pre>
 =={{header|C++}}==