Ltrim

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title: Ltrim permalink: /Ltrim/

String functions ltrim

syntax

• ltrim(string_dataitem)

definition

ltrim(string_dataitem) removes space characters before the first non space character in string_dataitem.

applies to

data item string_dataitem with string value type

since version

5.15

example

attribute ltrimA (ADomain) := ltrim(A);

A		ltrimA
'Test'	'Test'
'88hallo99'	'88hallo99'
'+)'	'+)'
'twee woorden'	'twee woorden'
' test met spatie'	'test met spatie'

ADomain, nr of rows = 5

see also

• trim
• rtrim