Ltrim

Remove leading spaces from a string.

Syntax
      Ltrim(string)

Key
   string    A text string or string expression.

The Ltrim() function can be used in VBA or in an SQL query.

Ltrim() will return a Variant, you can also use Ltrim$() to return a String.
You should use Ltrim() if there is any chance of a Null value, since assigning Null to a String will raise an error.

Examples

Dim strDemo as String
strDemo = Ltrim("      The world is everlasting")
Returns "The world is everlasting"

“The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion” ~ Dean Koontz

Related

Left - Extract a substring from a string
RTrim - Remove trailing spaces from a string.
Trim - Remove leading and trailing spaces from a string.


 
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