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Remove Spaces From String Method

The Remove Spaces From String method removes leading spaces from a string. It returns a copy of this string with the leading spaces removed. It accepts any type of string, including numeric values, and converts the input value to a string.

If the value that the string argument contains is NULL, then this method returns a Null variant. For more information, see Variants.

Format

LTrim[$](string)

For information about the dollar sign, see Usage of the Dollar Sign.

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with this method.

Example

The following example removes the leading spaces from a string:

Sub Button_Click
   Dim userinput as String
   Dim numsize
   Dim str1 as String * 50
   Dim strsize
   strsize = 50
   userinput = "abdcGFTRes"
   numsize = Len(userinput)
   str1 = Space(strsize-numsize) & userinput
   ' Str1 has a variable number of leading spaces.
   str1 = LTrim$(str1)
      ' Str1 now has no leading spaces.
End Sub