LTrim function

Syntax

LTrim(string[, trim_string])

Description

Use the LTrim function to return a string formed by deleting from the beginning of string, all occurrences of each character in trim_string. If trim_string is omitted, " " is assumed; that is, leading blanks are trimmed.

If you need to trim a quotation mark, you need to escape it with a single ". For example

&TRIMMED = LTrim(&NAME, """");

Example

The following removes leading blanks from &NAME:

&TRIMMED = LTrim(&NAME);

The following removes leading punctuation marks from REC.INP:

&TRIMMED = LTrim(REC.INP, ".,;:!?");