C++11：

int i{};
string s = " h e ll \t\n  o";
string trim = " \n\t";

while ((i = s.find_first_of(trim)) != -1)
    s.erase(i,1);

cout << s;

输出:

hello

也适用于空字符串

我认为在这个例子中使用宏是一个很好的实践:(适用于c++ 98)

#define TRIM_CHARACTERS " \t\n\r\f\v"
#define TRIM_STRING(given) \
    given.erase(given.find_last_not_of(TRIM_CHARACTERS) + 1); \
    given.erase(0, given.find_first_not_of(TRIM_CHARACTERS));

例子:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

#define TRIM_CHARACTERS " \t\n\r\f\v"
#define TRIM_STRING(given) \
    given.erase(given.find_last_not_of(TRIM_CHARACTERS) + 1); \
    given.erase(0, given.find_first_not_of(TRIM_CHARACTERS));

int main(void) {
  std::string text("  hello world!! \t  \r");
  TRIM_STRING(text);
  std::cout << text; // "hello world!!"
}

str.erase(0, str.find_first_not_of("\t\n\v\f\r ")); // left trim
str.erase(str.find_last_not_of("\t\n\v\f\r ") + 1); // right trim

在网上试试!

为什么不用?

auto no_space = [](char ch) -> bool {
  return !std::isspace<char>(ch, std::locale::classic());
};
auto ltrim = [](std::string& s) -> std::string& {
  s.erase(s.begin(), std::find_if(s.begin(), s.end(), no_space));
  return s;
};
auto rtrim = [](std::string& s) -> std::string& {
  s.erase(std::find_if(s.rbegin(), s.rend(), no_space).base(), s.end());
  return s;
};
auto trim_copy = [](std::string s) -> std::string& { return ltrim(rtrim(s)); };
auto trim = [](std::string& s) -> std::string& { return ltrim(rtrim(s)); };

还有一种选择-从两端删除一个或多个字符。

string strip(const string& s, const string& chars=" ") {
    size_t begin = 0;
    size_t end = s.size()-1;
    for(; begin < s.size(); begin++)
        if(chars.find_first_of(s[begin]) == string::npos)
            break;
    for(; end > begin; end--)
        if(chars.find_first_of(s[end]) == string::npos)
            break;
    return s.substr(begin, end-begin+1);
}

下面是一个用正则表达式进行修整的解决方案

#include <string>
#include <regex>

string trim(string str){
    return regex_replace(str, regex("(^[ ]+)|([ ]+$)"),"");
}