how-to-left-trim-a-string.md

How to left trim a string

" text ".lstrip()

• " text " - example string to trim whitespaces
• .lstrip() - will trim whitespaces from left side of the string

group: trim

Example:

str = " text "
trimmed = str.lstrip()
print(f'Original: "{str}", trimmed: "{trimmed}"')

Original: " text ", trimmed: "text "

Additional keywords

• strip
• remove whitespaces