Trim the left side (ltrim)

Description

Removes all the extra spaces from the beginning of a string.

How does it work in the search window?

This operation needs only one argument:

Argument	Data type

Argument	Data type
String to be trimmed ^mandatory	string

The data type of the new column is string.

Example

Select Create field from the query toolbar and select Trim the left side as the operation. Call it trim_left.

The arguments needed are:

String to be trimmed - -1to1Values field

The result is not visible in the interface, since the search window table automatically trims blank spaces at both sides of the strings. Select Download from the toolbar and download the data as a CSV to see the data trimmed.

How does it work in LINQ?

Use the operator select... as... and add the operation syntax to create the new column. This is the syntax of the Trim the left side operation:

ltrim(string)

Example

Copy the following LINQ script and try the above example:

from my.upload.trim.operation
select split(message, ",", 1) as `-1to1Values`
select ltrim(`-1to1Values`) as usrcol1