AK: Add String::trim_spaces()

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/AK/String.cpp b/AK/String.cpp
index 78176780cb..6965731b3a 100644
--- a/AK/String.cpp
+++ b/AK/String.cpp
@@ -369,6 +369,20 @@ int String::replace(const String& needle, const String& replacement, bool all_oc
     return positions.size();
 }
 
+String String::trim_spaces() const
+{
+    size_t start = 0;
+    size_t end = length();
+    while (characters()[start] == ' ')
+        ++start;
+    while (characters()[end] == ' ') {
+        if (end <= start)
+            return "";
+        --end;
+    }
+    return substring(start, end - start);
+}
+
 String escape_html_entities(const StringView& html)
 {
     StringBuilder builder;
diff --git a/AK/String.h b/AK/String.h
index bf5ac828ce..943a65bebd 100644
--- a/AK/String.h
+++ b/AK/String.h
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ public:
     String to_lowercase() const;
     String to_uppercase() const;
 
+    String trim_spaces() const;
+
     bool equals_ignoring_case(const StringView&) const;
 
     bool contains(const String&) const;