@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+
 #include "string.h"
-#include <stdint.h>
 
 void *memcpy (void *destination, const void *source, size_t num) {
     if (destination >= source) {
@@ -67,4 +68,56 @@ }
 
         i++;
     }
-}+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a copy of the string @p src into buffer @p dest with whitespace
+ * stripped from the left side. Truncates the string if the buffer is too small.
+ *
+ * @param src Source string to be copied
+ * @param dest Destination buffer to copy the stripped string into
+ * @param bufflen Length of buffer dest
+ *
+ * @return Length of the resulting string
+ */
+size_t strlstrip(char *dest, const char *src, size_t bufflen) {
+	/* skip whitespace at the start */
+	while (WHITESPACE(*src)) {
+		src++;
+	}
+
+	/* copy until string stops */
+	size_t i = 0;
+	for (; src[i] != 0 && i < bufflen; i++) {
+		dest[i] = src[i];
+	}
+
+	dest[i] = 0;
+	return i;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a copy of the string @p src into buffer @p dest with whitespace
+ * stripped from the right side.
+ *
+ * @param src Source string to be copied
+ * @param dest Destination buffer to copy the stripped string into
+ * @param srclen Length of the original string
+ *
+ * @return Length of the resulting string
+ */
+size_t strrstrip(char *dest, const char *src, size_t srclen) {
+	/* skip whitespace at the end */
+	while (srclen > 0 && WHITESPACE(src[srclen - 1])) {
+		srclen--;
+	}
+
+	/* copy until string stops */
+	size_t i = 0;
+	for (; src[i] != 0 && i < srclen; i++) {
+		dest[i] = src[i];
+	}
+
+	dest[i] = 0;
+	return i;
+}

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ #include <stdint.h>
 
 #define NULL ((void*)0)
 
+#define WHITESPACE(c) ((c) == ' ' || (c) == '\t')
+
 /*!
  * Unsigned integral type.
  */
@@ -36,5 +38,7 @@ unsigned int strlen (const char *str);
 char *strcpy(char *destination, const char *source);
 int strcmp(const char *str1, const char *str2);
 const char * strchr ( const char * str, int character );
+size_t strlstrip(char *, const char *, size_t);
+size_t strrstrip(char *, const char *, size_t);
 
-#endif+#endif