Here you can find the source of ltrim(byte[] a)
public static byte[] ltrim(byte[] a)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w .j a va2 s . c o m*/ * Copyright (c) 2008-2016 Computer Network Information Center (CNIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences. * * This file is part of Duckling project. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * */ public class Main { public static byte[] ltrim(byte[] a) { if (a == null || a.length == 0) { return a; } int index = 0; while (index < a.length && a[index] == 0) { index++; } if (index == 0) { return a; } else { byte[] b = new byte[a.length - index]; System.arraycopy(a, index, b, 0, b.length); return b; } } }