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trim_start()

Removes leading match of the specified regular expression.

Syntax

trim_start(regex, source)

Arguments

  • regex: String or regular expression to be trimmed from the beginning of source.
  • source: A string.

Returns

source after trimming match of regex found in the beginning of source.

Example

Statement bellow trims substring from the start of string_to_trim:

print trim_start('https://', 'https://www.ibm.com')

print_0
www.ibm.com