public class liketrim { public static void main(String[] args){ String s = " ab c "; System.out.println("old_s:"+s); String ns = mytrim(s); System.out.println("new_s:"+ns); } public static String mytrim(String s){ int a = s.length(); int start = 0; int end = a-1; while(start<=end&&s.charAt(start)==' '){ start++; } while(start<=end&&s.charAt(end)==' '){ end--; } String sub = s.substring(start, end+1); return sub; } }