试试这个，对我很管用。

inline std::string trim(std::string& str)
{
    str.erase(str.find_last_not_of(' ')+1);         //suffixing spaces
    str.erase(0, str.find_first_not_of(' '));       //prefixing spaces
    return str;
}

在c++中，你可以使用这个函数来修饰字符串

void trim(string& str){
   while(str[0] == ' ') str.erase(str.begin());
   while(str[str.size() - 1] == ' ') str.pop_back();
}

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)); };

http://ideone.com/nFVtEo

std::string trim(const std::string &s)
{
    std::string::const_iterator it = s.begin();
    while (it != s.end() && isspace(*it))
        it++;

    std::string::const_reverse_iterator rit = s.rbegin();
    while (rit.base() != it && isspace(*rit))
        rit++;

    return std::string(it, rit.base());
}

在c++ 17中，你可以使用basic_string_view::remove_prefix和basic_string_view::remove_suffix:

std::string_view trim(std::string_view s)
{
    s.remove_prefix(std::min(s.find_first_not_of(" \t\r\v\n"), s.size()));
    s.remove_suffix(std::min(s.size() - s.find_last_not_of(" \t\r\v\n") - 1, s.size()));

    return s;
}

一个不错的替代方案:

std::string_view ltrim(std::string_view s)
{
    s.remove_prefix(std::distance(s.cbegin(), std::find_if(s.cbegin(), s.cend(),
         [](int c) {return !std::isspace(c);})));

    return s;
}

std::string_view rtrim(std::string_view s)
{
    s.remove_suffix(std::distance(s.crbegin(), std::find_if(s.crbegin(), s.crend(),
        [](int c) {return !std::isspace(c);})));

    return s;
}

std::string_view trim(std::string_view s)
{
    return ltrim(rtrim(s));
}

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