Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (c) 2015 nextlets.org * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies * or substantial portions of the Software. * * The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, * INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ public class Main { /** * Trims string by the given character. * if char is a space character, then is more useful to use String.trim(). * @param str - string to trim. * @param trimChar - char to check. * @return trimmed string. */ public static String trim(String str, char trimChar) { char[] value = str.toCharArray(); int start = 0, length = value.length; while ((start < length) && (value[start] == trimChar)) { start++; } while ((start < length) && (value[length - 1] == trimChar)) { length--; } return ((start > 0) || (length < value.length)) ? str.substring(start, length) : str; } }