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ltrim
Remove whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string
[...] = optional ... = your value
[var $... = ]call ltrim $val=…[;$charlist=…]
Example code
<!--parser:xtscript--> #assign a space to a variable var $space =call chr $val=32 var $input =xyz FOOBAR zyx var $input =$space$input$space # default ltrim var $output = call ltrim $val=$input print default ltrim<br /> print input =|$input|<br /> print output =|$output|<br /><br /> # a space can be added (not at the end) as a part of a $charlist of 2 or more characters var $output = call ltrim $val=$input ; $charlist=xy z print a space in the charlist<br /> print input = |$input|<br /> print output = |$output|<br /><br /> # specify a range of characters with .. var $input = ABCDEFGHIJKLMABCDEF var $output = call ltrim $val=$input ; $charlist= A..F J..M print trim a range of characters<br /> print input = $input<br /> print output = $output <!--/parser:xtscript-->
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Example output
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default ltrim
input =| xyz FOOBAR zyx |
output =|xyz FOOBAR zyx |
a space in the charlist
input = | xyz FOOBAR zyx |
output = |FOOBAR zyx |
trim a range of characters
input = ABCDEFGHIJKLMABCDEF
output = GHIJKLMABCDEF
Related pages
rtrim
trim
str pad
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