SmartPascal
TrimLeft
Function
Removes leading blanks from a string SysUtils unit
1  function TrimLeft ( const Text : String ) : String;
2  function TrimLeft ( const Text : WideString ) : WideString;
Description
The TrimLeft function removes blank and control characters (such as line feed) from the start of a string.
Related commands
Delete Delete a section of characters from a string
AnsiMidStr Returns a substring from the middle characters of a string
AnsiLeftStr Extracts characters from the left of a string
AnsiRightStr Extracts characters from the right of a string
Trim Removes leading and trailing blanks from a string
TrimRight Removes trailing blanks from a string
 
Example code : Illustrating Trim, TrimLeft and TrimRight
const
  PaddedString = '  Letters     ';
begin
  ShowMessage('[' + TrimLeft(PaddedString)  + ']');
  ShowMessage('[' + TrimRight(PaddedString) + ']');
  ShowMessage('[' + Trim(PaddedString)      + ']');
end;
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