ltrim
Description
Removes the leading spaces or specified characters from the beginning (left) of the str argument. Removing specified characters are supported from StarRocks 2.5.0.
Syntax
VARCHAR ltrim(VARCHAR str[, VARCHAR characters])
Parameters
str: required, the string to trim, which must evaluate to a VARCHAR value.
characters: optional, the characters to remove, which must be a VARCHAR value. If this parameter is not specified, spaces are removed from the string by default. If this parameter is set to an empty string, an error is returned.
Return value
Returns a VARCHAR value.
Examples
Example 1: Remove spaces from the beginning of the string.
MySQL > SELECT ltrim(' ab d');
+------------------+
| ltrim(' ab d') |
+------------------+
| ab d |
+------------------+
Example 2: Remove specified characters from the beginning of the string.
MySQL > SELECT ltrim("xxabcdxx", "x");
+------------------------+
| ltrim('xxabcdxx', 'x') |
+------------------------+
| abcdxx |
+------------------------+
References
keyword
LTRIM