#include <stdio.h>
 
char* rtrim(char* string, char junk);
char* ltrim(char* string, char junk);
 
int main()
{
    char testStr1[] = "     We like helping out people          ";
    char testStr2[] = "     We like helping out people          ";
    char testStr3[] = "     We like helping out people          ";
    printf("|%s|", testStr1);
    printf("\n|%s|", ltrim(testStr1, ' '));
    printf("\n\n|%s|", testStr2);
    printf("\n\n|%s|", rtrim(testStr2, ' '));
    printf("\n\n|%s|", testStr3);
    printf("\n|%s|", ltrim(rtrim(testStr3, ' '), ' '));
    getchar();
    return 0;
}
 
 
char* rtrim(char* string, char junk)
{
    char* original = string + strlen(string);
    while(*--original == junk);
    *(original + 1) = '\0';
    return string;
}
 
char* ltrim(char *string, char junk)
{
    char* original = string;
    char *p = original;
    int trimmed = 0;
    do
    {
        if (*original != junk || trimmed)
        {
            trimmed = 1;
            *p++ = *original;
        }
    }
    while (*original++ != '\0');
    return string;
}
/*
 
|     We like helping out people          |
|We like helping out people          |
 
|     We like helping out people          |
 
|     We like helping out people|
 
|     We like helping out people          |
|We like helping out people|
 
 */