question: public static final StringBuilder stripArrows ( final StringBuilder text ) { int pointer2 = text . length ( ) - 1 ; if ( pointer2 >= 0 ) { while ( true ) { if ( ( text . charAt ( pointer2 ) == '<' ) || ( text . charAt ( pointer2 ) == '>' ) ) { text . deleteCharAt ( pointer2 ) ; } pointer2 -- ; if ( pointer2 < 0 ) { break ; } } } return text ; }
target:  removes all the spaces