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diff --git a/lisp/rect.el b/lisp/rect.el
index 2904f94687a..b245e1102c5 100644
--- a/lisp/rect.el
+++ b/lisp/rect.el
@@ -202,6 +202,23 @@ but instead winds up to the right of the rectangle."
(indent-to (+ endcol whitewidth))))
;;;###autoload
+(defun close-rectangle (start end)
+ "Delete all whitespace following a specified column in each line.
+The left edge of the rectangle specifies the position in each line
+at which whitespace deletion should begin. On each line in the
+rectangle, all continuous whitespace starting at that column is deleted."
+ (interactive "r")
+ (operate-on-rectangle '(lambda (startpos begextra endextra)
+ (save-excursion
+ (goto-char startpos)
+ (delete-region (point)
+ (progn
+ (skip-syntax-forward " ")
+ (point)))))
+ start end t))
+
+
+;;;###autoload
(defun string-rectangle (start end string)
"Insert STRING on each line of the region-rectangle, shifting text right.
The left edge of the rectangle specifies the column for insertion.