Description
Removes spaces from the beginning of a string.
Syntax
LeftTrim ( string )
Return value
String. Returns a copy of string with leading spaces deleted if it succeeds and the empty string ("") if an error occurs.
Examples
This expression returns RUTH:
LeftTrim(" RUTH")This expression for a computed field deletes any leading blanks from the value in the column lname and returns the value preceded by the salutation specified in salut_emp:
salut_emp + " " + LeftTrim(lname)
See also
LeftTrim in the section called “LeftTrim” in PowerScript Reference
