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Trim any of the characters
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/*
* Static String formatting and query routines.
* Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Stephen Ostermiller
* http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* See COPYING.TXT for details.
*/
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
/**
* Utilities for String formatting, manipulation, and queries.
* More information about this class is available from <a target="_top" href=
* "http://ostermiller.org/utils/StringHelper.html">ostermiller.org</a>.
*
* @author Stephen Ostermiller http://ostermiller.org/contact.pl?regarding=Java+Utilities
* @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
*/
public class StringHelper {
/**
* Trim any of the characters contained in the second
* string from the beginning and end of the first.
*
* @param s String to be trimmed.
* @param c list of characters to trim from s.
* @return trimmed String.
* @throws NullPointerException if s is null.
*
* @since ostermillerutils 1.00.00
*/
public static String trim(String s, String c){
int length = s.length();
if (c == null){
return s;
}
int cLength = c.length();
if (c.length() == 0){
return s;
}
int start = 0;
int end = length;
boolean found; // trim-able character found.
int i;
// Start from the beginning and find the
// first non-trim-able character.
found = false;
for (i=0; !found && i<length; i++){
char ch = s.charAt(i);
found = true;
for (int j=0; found && j<cLength; j++){
if (c.charAt(j) == ch) found = false;
}
}
// if all characters are trim-able.
if (!found) return "";
start = i-1;
// Start from the end and find the
// last non-trim-able character.
found = false;
for (i=length-1; !found && i>=0; i--){
char ch = s.charAt(i);
found = true;
for (int j=0; found && j<cLength; j++){
if (c.charAt(j) == ch) found = false;
}
}
end = i+2;
return s.substring(start, end);
}
}
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