Description

The trimLeft() method returns a string stripped of whitespace from both ends.

This method has the form:

string.trimLeft()

Note: This method does not change the value of the string itself.

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this method.

<script>
var s = "  Hello from JavaScript  ";
document.write("'" + s.trimLeft() + "'");
</script>

This produces the following result:

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Version Information

This form was added in version: 1.8.1