Method # LTrim ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Warning
This item was deprecated in version 2019r2. Please use `String.TrimLeft` as a replacement.
## Description Returns the `string` passed with leading (left side) whitespaces removed. ## Usage *result*=**LTrim**(*SourceString*) **OR** Introduced 5.0 *result*=*stringVariable*.**Ltrim** | Part | Type | Description | |----------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | result | `String` | *SourceString* with leading whitespaces removed. | | SourceString | `String` | The source, a copy of which, to be returned with leading whitespaces removed. | | stringVariable | `String` | Any variable of type `String`. | ## Notes LTrim uses the list of unicode "whitespace" characters at . ## Sample code This example removes the whitespaces from the left side of the `string` passed ``` xojo Var s As String s = LTrim(" Hello World ") ' Returns "Hello World " s = " Hello World " s = s.LTrim ' Returns "Hello World " ``` ## Compatibility All project types on all supported operating systems. ## See also `Asc`, `Chr`, `String.IndexOf`, `String.Left`, `String.Length`, `String.Middle`, `String.Right`, `String.TrimRight`, `String.Trim` functions.