STRING::LTRIM 1g 2023-11-12 laplante@plcb.ca GOWEB/STRING — Left Trim Characters from String

title: “STRING::LTRIM” version: “1.0.0” date: 2023-11-12 author: “laplante@plcb.ca” section: “1g”

category: “GOWEB/STRING”

Name

string::ltrim Trim left characters from string

Synopsis

string::ltrim(expression[, cutset: string])
ltrim(expression[, cutset: string])

Description

The ltrim function removes all leading characters from the given string expression that match any character in the cutset.

• cutset (optional): A string containing the characters to trim from the left.
  Default: " \t\n\v" (spaces, tabs, newlines, and vertical tabs).

If expression is an array, ltrim is applied to each element.

Examples

res={{
    ltrim("         hello"); "\n";
    ltrim("               Pierre Laplante                 "); "\n";
    a := "\n\nabc"; "\n";
    ltrim(a); "\n";
    a = "3223987diufhwrifuh23892938472";
    ltrim(a, cutset:"1234567890"); "\n";
    a = [ "a ", "\nb", "\tc", "\vd" ];
    b := " abc";
    ltrim(a, b); "\n";
}}.

Returns:

res=hello
Pierre Laplante

abc
diufhwrifuh23892938472
[["a ","b","c","d"],"abc"]

Author

laplante@plcb.ca

See Also

• string::rtrim
  
• string::trim
  
• String functions
  
• Index
  

Version

• 1.0.0 — 2023-12-03 — Initial version