diff --git a/Globals.cpp b/Globals.cpp
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7da6d90..47140b7
--- a/Globals.cpp
+++ b/Globals.cpp
@@ -1,2 +1,36 @@
 #include "Globals.h"
 
+void TrimLeft(std::string& str) {
+
+    std::string whitespaces(" \t\f\n\r");
+
+    if (!str.empty()) {
+        std::string::size_type pos = str.find_first_not_of(whitespaces);
+
+        if (pos != std::string::npos)
+            str.erase(0, pos);
+        else
+            str.clear();
+    }
+}
+
+void TrimRight(std::string& str) {
+
+    std::string whitespaces(" \t\f\n\r");
+
+    if (!str.empty()) {
+        std::string::size_type pos = str.find_last_not_of(whitespaces);
+
+        if (pos != std::string::npos)
+            str.erase(pos + 1);
+        else
+            str.clear();
+    }
+}
+
+void Trim(std::string& str) {
+
+    TrimLeft(str);
+    TrimRight(str);
+}
+
diff --git a/Globals.h b/Globals.h
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 3d27c78..74e9e24
--- a/Globals.h
+++ b/Globals.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define GLOBALS_H_
 
 #include <cmath>
+#include <string>
 
 const double kAE = 1.0;
 const double kQ0 = 120.0;
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ inline double AcTan(const double sinx, const double cosx) {
     }
 }
 
+void TrimLeft(std::string& str);
+void TrimRight(std::string& str);
+void Trim(std::string& str);
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/RunTest.cpp b/RunTest.cpp
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2e7d7fb..3dae99b
--- a/RunTest.cpp
+++ b/RunTest.cpp
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ void RunTest(const char* infile) {
         /*
          * trim spaces
          */
-        Tle::TrimLeft(line);
-        Tle::TrimRight(line);
+        TrimLeft(line);
+        TrimRight(line);
 
         /*
          * skip blank lines or lines starting with #
diff --git a/Tle.cpp b/Tle.cpp
index 04ce064..057e807 100755
--- a/Tle.cpp
+++ b/Tle.cpp
@@ -294,38 +294,3 @@ int Tle::CheckSum(const std::string& str) {
 
     return (xsum % 10);
 }
-
-/*
- * trim left of string
- */
-void Tle::TrimLeft(std::string& str) {
-
-    std::string whitespaces(" \t\f\n\r");
-
-    if (!str.empty()) {
-        std::string::size_type pos = str.find_first_not_of(whitespaces);
-
-        if (pos != std::string::npos)
-            str.erase(0, pos);
-        else
-            str.clear();
-    }
-}
-
-/*
- * trim right of string
- */
-void Tle::TrimRight(std::string& str) {
-
-    std::string whitespaces(" \t\f\n\r");
-
-    if (!str.empty()) {
-        std::string::size_type pos = str.find_last_not_of(whitespaces);
-
-        if (pos != std::string::npos)
-            str.erase(pos + 1);
-        else
-            str.clear();
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/Tle.h b/Tle.h
index 9604677..59feb30 100755
--- a/Tle.h
+++ b/Tle.h
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ public:
      */
     static bool IsValidPair(const std::string& line1, const std::string& line2);
     static bool IsValidLine(const std::string& str, unsigned char line_number);
-    static void TrimLeft(std::string& str);
-    static void TrimRight(std::string& str);
 
 private:
     /*