Here you can find the source of ltrim(String s, Character c)
public static String ltrim(String s, Character c)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2010 BSI Business Systems Integration AG. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors://from ww w .j a v a2s . c om * BSI Business Systems Integration AG - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ public class Main { public static String ltrim(String s, Character c) { if (s == null) { return null; } if (c == null) { return s; } int len = s.length(); int st = 0; char[] val = s.toCharArray(); while ((st < len) && (val[st] == c)) { st++; } return ((st > 0) || (len < s.length())) ? s.substring(st, len) : s; } public static int length(String s) { if (s == null) { return 0; } else { return s.length(); } } public static String substring(String s, int start) { if (s == null || start >= s.length()) { return ""; } return s.substring(start); } public static String substring(String s, int start, int len) { if (s == null || start >= s.length()) { return ""; } len = Math.min(s.length() - start, len); return s.substring(start, start + len); } }