private static String removeLeadingSpace(String raw){
  char c;
  int i=0;
  for (; i < raw.length(); i++) {
    c=raw.charAt(i);
    if (c != ' ' && c != '\t') {
      break;
    }
  }
  return raw.substring(i,raw.length());
}

private static String removeLeadingSpace ( String raw ) { char c ; int i = 0 ; for ( ; i < raw . length ( ) ; i ++ ) { c = raw . charAt ( i ) ; if ( c != ' ' && c != '\t' ) { break ; } } return raw . substring ( i , raw . length ( ) ) ; }
remove leading space and tab from the raw string and return the new string .
