Syntax

LTrim[$](text)

Description

Returns text with the leading spaces removed.

Comments

LTrim$ returns a String, whereas LTrim returns a String variant.

Null is returned if text is Null.

Example

This example displays a right-justified string and its LTrim result.

Const crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)

Sub Main()
  txt$ = "      This is text           "
  tr$ = LTrim(txt$)
  MsgBox "Original ->" & txt$ & "<-" & crlf & "Left Trimmed ->" & tr$ & "<-"
End Sub

See Also

RTrim, RTrim$ (functions); Trim, Trim$ (functions).

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