Java Utililty Methods String Trim Left

if (string == null) {
    return "";
return string.replaceFirst("^\\s+", "");

int count = 0;
while (Character.isWhitespace(value.charAt(count))) {
    count++;
return value.substring(count);

while (true) {
    if (pStringBuilder.length() != 0 && Character.isWhitespace(pStringBuilder.charAt(0))) {
        pStringBuilder.deleteCharAt(0);
    } else {
        break;
return pStringBuilder;
...

while (s.startsWith("/")) {
    s = s.substring(1);
return s;

if (a == null || a.length == 0) {
    return a;
int index = 0;
while (index < a.length && a[index] == 0) {
    index++;
if (index == 0) {
...

int len;
int i;
if (str == null || (len = str.length()) <= 0)
    return "";
for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
    if (!Character.isWhitespace(str.charAt(i)))
        break;
if (i >= len)
...

int i;
int j;
int x = 0;
for (i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
    char ch = str.charAt(i);
    if (ch != ' ') {
        break;
final int len = (str.length() - i);
char[] res = new char[len];
for (j = i; j < str.length(); j++) {
    res[x++] = str.charAt(j);
return new String(res, 0, len);

if (str == null)
    return null;
for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); ++i) {
    if (str.charAt(i) != filler) {
        return str.substring(i);
return "";
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return ltrim(text, null);

if (value == null) {
    return null;
String trimmed = value;
int offset = 0;
final int maxLength = value.length();
while (offset < maxLength && (value.charAt(offset) == ' ' || value.charAt(offset) == '\t')) {
    offset++;
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