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 LTRIM(SEXP1,SEXP2) (STRING)

 Function
  Trim a specified character from the left end of a string.

 Syntax
  LTRIM(str,ch)

   str = Any string expression.
   ch  = A string whose first character will be used as a mask to strip
         all consecutive occurances from the left end of str starting
         from the first character of str.

 Return Type & Value
  STRING
  Returns the trimmed str.

 Remarks
  A common need in programming is to strip leading and/or trailing spaces
  (or other characters).  This function will strip a specified character
  from the left end of a string and return the trimmed string.

 Examples
  STRING s
  LET s = "   TEST   "
  PRINTLN LTRIM(s," ") ' Will print "TEST   "
  PRINTLN LTRIM(".....DA"+"TA.....",".") ' Will print "DATA....."
  PRINTLN LTRIM(".....DA"+"TA....."," ") ' Will print ".....DATA....."

See Also: RTRIM() TRIM()
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