String strip leading char 

Jodd is an open-source java library with lot of reusable components and feature rich utilities. This requires the library jodd-3.3.2.jar to be in classpath. The following example shows how to use StringUtil.stripLeadingChar() API. It strips the leading character if string starts with matching character.

File Name  :   com/bethecoder/tutorials/jodd/utils/StringStripLeadingTest.java  Author  :   Sudhakar KV Email  :   [email protected]

package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jodd.utils; import jodd.util.StringUtil; public class StringStripLeadingTest {   /**    * @param args    */   public static void main(String[] args) {     System.out.println(StringUtil.stripLeadingChar("$1234", '$'));     System.out.println(StringUtil.stripLeadingChar(".786", '.'));     System.out.println(StringUtil.stripLeadingChar("abcd", 'a'));     System.out.println(StringUtil.stripLeadingChar("abcd", 'b'));   } }

1234
786
bcd
abcd