public static String leftTrim ( final String aString ) { if ( aString == null ) { return null ; } int start = 0 ; while ( ( start < aString . length ( ) ) && ( aString . charAt ( start ) <= ' ' ) ) { start ++ ; } if ( start == 0 ) { return aString ; } return aString . substring ( start ) ; }
Copies this String removing white space characters from the beginning of the string .