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LTRIM

Removes leading space characters from the given string.

Syntax

LTRIM (str)

Arguments

  • str: any string or binary object

Return Type

String

Examples

Info

This function removes only space " " characters. Other whitespace characters like tab \t, newline \n, etc are preserved. It is equivalent to TRIM(LEADING " " FROM str).

memsql> select rtrim('    ohai     ') as r, ltrim('    ohai     ') as l;
+----------+-----------+
| r        | l         |
+----------+-----------+
|     ohai | ohai      |
+----------+-----------+

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