private static String cleanAlias(String alias){
  char[] chars=alias.toCharArray();
  if (!Character.isLetter(chars[0])) {
    for (int i=1; i < chars.length; i++) {
      if (Character.isLetter(chars[i])) {
        return alias.substring(i);
      }
    }
  }
  return alias;
}

private static String cleanAlias ( String alias ) { char [ ] chars = alias . toCharArray ( ) ; if ( ! Character . isLetter ( chars [ 0 ] ) ) { for ( int i = 1 ; i < chars . length ; i ++ ) { if ( Character . isLetter ( chars [ i ] ) ) { return alias . substring ( i ) ; } } } return alias ; }
clean the generated alias by removing any non - alpha characters from the beginning .
