Trim leading or trailing characters from a string?

Question

How can I trim the leading or trailing characters from a string in java?

For example, the slash character \"/\" - I\'m not interested in spaces, and am looking to t

Answer 1

You could use a simple iteration if you want to remove the leading characters from a string :

String removeLeadingChar(String s, char c) {
    int i;
    for(i = 0; i < s.length() && s.charAt(i) == c; ++i);
    return s.substring(i);
}

same logic applies if you want to remove any trailing char.