def strip(string):
start, end = 0, -1
length = len(string)
for i in range(length):
if string[i] != ' ':
start = i
break
for j in range(-1, -length, -1):
if string[j] != ' ':
end = length + j + 1
break
return string[start:end]
s = ' hong zao ke ji '
strip(s)