LTRIM$

The LTRIM$ function removes leading space characters from a STRING value.

Syntax

return$ = LTRIM$(text$)

Description

• text$ is the STRING value to trim.
• If text$ contains no leading space characters, it is returned unchanged.
• Convert fixed length STRING values by using a different return$ variable.
• Can be used to trim the leading space of a positive numerical value converted to a string value by STR$.

Example(s)

Trimming a positive string number.

value = 12345
number$ = LTRIM$(STR$(value)) 'converting number to string removes right PRINT space
PRINT "[" + number$ + "]" 

[12345]

Trimming leading spaces from text strings.

PRINT LTRIM$("some text")
PRINT LTRIM$("   some text") 

some text
some text

A TRIM$ function to trim spaces off of both ends of a string.

text$ = "        Text String           "
trimmed$ = TRIM$(text$)
PRINT CHR$(26) + trimmed$ + CHR$(27) 

FUNCTION TRIM$(text$)
TRIM$ = LTRIM$(RTRIM$(text$))
END FUNCTION 

→Text String←

See Also

• RTRIM$, STR$
• LEFT$, RIGHT$
• HEX$, MID$