Add string.trimLeft/trimRight.

runtime/lib/string_patch.dart

Index: runtime/lib/string_patch.dart
diff --git a/runtime/lib/string_patch.dart b/runtime/lib/string_patch.dart
index 1bececf5b3965a666d8fd2f99cd2e6c6884e39bb..8f8baf204c563b9383d59e84427445de2a924a22 100644
--- a/runtime/lib/string_patch.dart
+++ b/runtime/lib/string_patch.dart
@@ -297,9 +297,48 @@ class _StringBase {
       // Returns this string if it does not have leading or trailing
       // whitespaces.
       return this;
-    } else {
-      return _substringUnchecked(first, last + 1);
     }
+    return _substringUnchecked(first, last + 1);
+  }
+
+  String trimLeft() {
+    final len = this.length;
+    int first = 0;
+    for (; first < len; first++) {
+      if (!_isWhitespace(this.codeUnitAt(first))) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (len == first) {
+      // String contains only whitespaces.
+      return "";
+    }
+    if (first == 0) {
+      // Returns this string if it does not have leading or trailing

[Søren Gjesse, 2014/03/10 16:50:03]

if -> as

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen, 2014/03/11 10:36:29]

Rewritten.

+      // whitespaces.
+      return this;
+    }
+    return _substringUnchecked(first, len);
+  }
+
+  String trimRight() {
+    final len = this.length;
+    int last = len - 1;
+    for (; last >= 0; last--) {
+      if (!_isWhitespace(this.codeUnitAt(last))) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (last == -1) {
+      // String contains only whitespaces.
+      return "";
+    }
+    if (last == (len - 1)) {
+      // Returns this string if it does not have trailing

[Søren Gjesse, 2014/03/10 16:50:03]

ditto.

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen, 2014/03/11 10:36:29]

Done.

+      // whitespaces.
+      return this;
+    }
+    return _substringUnchecked(0, last + 1);
   }
 
   String operator*(int times) {