File mttroot/ntt/bin/trans/mttClipText.m artifact 69d529c0b6 part of check-in 5accfb19ea

function clipped_text = mttClipText(text)
	if isempty(text)
        clipped_text = [] ;
    else
        index = 1:length(text) ;
        useful = index(~isspace(text)) ;
        clipped_text = text(min(useful):max(useful)) ;
    end