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73 lines
1.2 KiB
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The [LTRIM$](LTRIM$) function removes leading space characters from a [STRING](STRING) value.
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## Syntax
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> return$ = [LTRIM$](LTRIM$)(text$)
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## Description
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* text$ is the [STRING](STRING) value to trim.
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* If text$ contains no leading space characters, it is returned unchanged.
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* Convert fixed length [STRING](STRING) values by using a different return$ variable.
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* Can be used to trim the leading space of a positive numerical value converted to a string value by [STR$](STR$).
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## Example(s)
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Trimming a positive string number.
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```vb
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value = 12345
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number$ = LTRIM$(STR$(value)) 'converting number to string removes right PRINT space
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PRINT "[" + number$ + "]"
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```
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```text
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[12345]
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```
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Trimming leading spaces from text strings.
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```vb
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PRINT LTRIM$("some text")
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PRINT LTRIM$(" some text")
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```
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```text
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some text
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some text
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```
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A TRIM$ function to trim spaces off of both ends of a string.
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```vb
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text$ = " Text String "
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trimmed$ = TRIM$(text$)
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PRINT CHR$(26) + trimmed$ + CHR$(27)
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FUNCTION TRIM$(text$)
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TRIM$ = LTRIM$(RTRIM$(text$))
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END FUNCTION
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```
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```text
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→Text String←
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```
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## See Also
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* [RTRIM$](RTRIM$), [STR$](STR$)
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* [LEFT$](LEFT$), [RIGHT$](RIGHT$)
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* [HEX$](HEX$), [MID$](MID$)
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