diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/CharSetUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/CharSetUtils.java
index c50b61a3a..71dbbcc80 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/CharSetUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/CharSetUtils.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
  *
  * @author <a href="bayard@generationjava.com">Henri Yandell</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:scolebourne@joda.org">Stephen Colebourne</a>
- * @version $Id: CharSetUtils.java,v 1.1 2002/07/19 03:35:54 bayard Exp $
+ * @version $Id: CharSetUtils.java,v 1.2 2002/07/21 20:14:14 bayard Exp $
  */
 public class CharSetUtils {
 
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ public class CharSetUtils {
         return count;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes all whitespace from a String.
+     *
+     * @param str  String target to delete whitespace from
+     */
+    public static String deleteWhitespace(String str) {
+        return delete(str, " \t\r\n\b" );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Takes an argument in set-syntax, see evaluateSet,
      * and deletes any of characters present in the specified string.
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/CharSetUtilsTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/CharSetUtilsTest.java
index d02110b7e..667ce73b3 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/CharSetUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/CharSetUtilsTest.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ import junit.textui.TestRunner;
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:bayard@generationjava.com">Henri Yandell</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:ridesmet@users.sourceforge.net">Ringo De Smet</a>
- * @version $Id: CharSetUtilsTest.java,v 1.1 2002/07/19 03:35:54 bayard Exp $
+ * @version $Id: CharSetUtilsTest.java,v 1.2 2002/07/21 20:14:14 bayard Exp $
  */
 public class CharSetUtilsTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ public class CharSetUtilsTest extends TestCase
                      "", CharSetUtils.delete("hello", new String[] {"a-z"}));
         assertEquals("delete(String,String[]) failed",
                      "heo", CharSetUtils.delete("hello", new String[] {"l"}));
+        assertEquals("deleteWhitespace(String) failed",
+                     "test", CharSetUtils.deleteWhitespace("t  \t\ne\rs\n\n   \tt"));
     }
 }