ltrim

Description

ltrim removes leading characters from a string. The default value for chars is ' ' (a single space character). If chars is not specified, ltrim removes all leading spaces.

Return type

string

Domain

This is a scalar function (calculates a single output value for a single input row.)

Categories

Usage

ltrim( str [ , chars ] )

Argument

Type

Required

Multiple

Constant

str

string

Required

Only one

Variable

chars

string

Optional

Only one

Constant

Examples

make_col trimmed_kind:ltrim(bundle_kind, ' ')

Removes leading spaces from bundle kinds