Delphi Basics : TrimLeft command

DelphiBasics

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

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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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