Here you can find the source of ltrim(String s)
public static String ltrim(String s)
//package com.java2s; /* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK ***** * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1//from w w w. j a v a 2s . c o m * * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version * 1.1 (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.mozilla.org/MPL/ * * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the * License. * * The Original Code is the reusable ccl java library * (http://www.kclee.com/clemens/java/ccl/). * * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is * Chr. Clemens Lee. * Portions created by Chr. Clemens Lee are Copyright (C) 2002 * Chr. Clemens Lee. All Rights Reserved. * * Contributor(s): Chr. Clemens Lee <clemens@kclee.com> * * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of * either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or * the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"), * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL. * * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */ public class Main { /** * Removes space, carriage, linefeed, and tab chars at * the right side of a string. */ public static String ltrim(String s) { int index = 0; //s.length()-1; while (index < s.length() && s.charAt(index) == ' ') { index++; } return (s.substring(index, s.length())); } }