sergejmueller/ltrim

Strip whitespace - or other characters - from the beginning of a string

ltrim

ltrim Node.js module returns a string with whitespace (or other characters) stripped from the beginning of a string. Without dependencies and library bloat.

Install

npm install ltrim

or

yarn add ltrim

Usage

ltrim (str[, chars])

Parameter	Description
str	The input string
chars	Characters that you want to be stripped

Without the second parameter, ltrim will strip whitespaces (spaces, tabs and new lines).

Examples

var ltrim = require('ltrim');

/* Strip whitespace from the beginning of a string */
ltrim('    Hello    ') + ' World' // →Hello     World

/* Strip multiple special chars from the beginning of a string */
ltrim('... Hello World ...', ' .'); // →Hello World ...

/* Strip multiple chars from the beginning of a string */
ltrim('Hello World', 'Hdle'); // →o World

/* Strip url protocol from the beginning of a string */
ltrim('https://goo.gl/', '/:htps'); // →goo.gl/