• u.s.aTrim Function
• u.s.changeCase Function
• u.s.lTrim Function
• u.s.pad Function
• u.s.replicate Function
• u.s.rTrim Function
• u.s.toBool Function
• u.s.toNum Function
• u.s.tran Function
• u.s.word Function

$u.s.lTrim Function

Syntax

Arguments

str string

The string that has extra whitespace to remove from the beginning.

chrstring

(Optional) Specifies the characters to remove from the string.

Description

Trim the left of a string, removing spaces and any passed in characters.

Example

var string1 = '   this is a string with leading spaces';
string1 = $u.s.lTrim(string1);

var string1 = '    -   this string has a leading dash';
string1 = $u.s.lTrim(string1,' -');

/*the resulting string is 'this string has a leading dash'. The  leading spaces and - have been removed.*/