Modern String TrimStart

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TrimStart

Returns a slice of the text without its leading spaces, tabs, CRs and LFs.

Syntax

TrimStart( v )

Notes

• The result is a const slice of the argument, not a copy, so it lives as long as the argument does. A slice of a temporary — a literal, a concatenation — can be printed or passed on in the same statement, not kept.
• Only space, tab, carriage return and line feed are trimmed.
• O(n) — const slice

Examples

#import "std/strings"
using strings

dim as ustring s = !"  \t padded \r\n"
print "["; TrimStart( s ); "]"       '' [padded <CR><LF>]
print "["; TrimEnd( s ); "]"         '' [  <TAB> padded]
print "["; TrimSpace( s ); "]"       '' [padded]

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Library: String Library
Category: String Slices
Documented under: The Functions