Python equivalent lstrip () string?

Question

I would like to remove the leading spaces in the line, but not removing the trailing spaces - so trim () will not work. In python, I use lstrip (), but I'm not sure if there is an equivalent in Java.

As an example

"    foobar    "

should become

"foobar    "

I would also like to avoid using Regex, if at all possible.

Is there a built-in function in Java or do I need to create my own method for this? (and what is the shortest way I could achieve this)

Answer 1

You can do this in regex:

"    foobar    ".replaceAll("^\\s+", "");

Answer 2

StringUtils Apache Commons Lang, stripStart() ( ).

Answer 3

Guava has CharMatcher.WHITESPACE.trimLeadingFrom(string). This in itself is no different from the versions of other software libraries of the same, but as soon as you are familiar with CharMatcher, there is a huge breadth of text processing operations that you will know how to perform in a sequential, performing manner.

Answer 4

org.springframework.util.StringUtils.trimLeadingWhitespace (String)