Get Leading White Space
/*
* StandardUtilities.java - Various miscallaneous utility functions
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*
* Copyright (C) 1999, 2006 Matthieu Casanova, Slava Pestov
* Portions copyright (C) 2000 Richard S. Hall
* Portions copyright (C) 2001 Dirk Moebius
*
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*/
//{{{ Imports
import javax.swing.text.Segment;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Stack;
//}}}
/**
* Several tools that depends on JDK only.
*
* @author Matthieu Casanova
* @version $Id: StandardUtilities.java 12884 2008-06-23 18:17:08Z kpouer $
* @since 4.3pre5
*/
public class StandardUtilities
{
//{{{ getLeadingWhiteSpace() method
/**
* Returns the number of leading white space characters in the
* specified string.
*
* @param str The string
*/
public static int getLeadingWhiteSpace(String str)
{
return getLeadingWhiteSpace((CharSequence)str);
} //}}}
//{{{ getLeadingWhiteSpace() method
/**
* Returns the number of leading white space characters in the
* specified string.
*
* @param str The string
* @since jEdit 4.3pre15
*/
public static int getLeadingWhiteSpace(CharSequence str)
{
int whitespace = 0;
loop: for(;whitespace < str.length();)
{
switch(str.charAt(whitespace))
{
case ' ':
case '\t':
whitespace++;
break;
default:
break loop;
}
}
return whitespace;
} //}}}
}
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