LTRIM

Remove leading spaces. This function returns the string with any leading whitespace characters removed.

Syntax

LTRIM(str)

Description

Returns the string str with leading space characters removed.

Returns NULL if given a NULL argument. If the result is empty, returns either an empty string, or with SQL_MODE=Oracle, NULL.

The Oracle mode version of the function can be accessed outside of Oracle mode by using LTRIM_ORACLE as the function name.

Examples

SELECT QUOTE(LTRIM('   MariaDB   '));
+-------------------------------+
| QUOTE(LTRIM('   MariaDB   ')) |
+-------------------------------+
| 'MariaDB   '                  |
+-------------------------------+

Oracle mode version:

SELECT LTRIM(''),LTRIM_ORACLE('');
+-----------+------------------+
| LTRIM('') | LTRIM_ORACLE('') |
+-----------+------------------+
|           | NULL             |
+-----------+------------------+

See Also

• RTRIM - trailing spaces removed

• TRIM - removes all given prefixes or suffixes

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