return the index of the next occurrence of a whitespace character , or the index of the character after the last position of the string if no more whitespace characters are found . the current parsing position is updated to the returned value . concode_field_sep int index concode_elem_sep int length concode_elem_sep String string concode_elem_sep char chars[] concode_field_sep int findText concode_elem_sep int getIndex concode_elem_sep int skipWhite concode_elem_sep String getString concode_elem_sep int skipChar concode_elem_sep int skipText concode_elem_sep void advance concode_elem_sep void setString concode_elem_sep String extract concode_elem_sep String extract concode_elem_sep int findChar concode_elem_sep int getLength concode_elem_sep void reset concode_elem_sep boolean isWhite
int function ( ) { while ( ( index < length ) && ! isWhite ( chars [ index ] ) ) index ++ ; return ( index ) ; }