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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">LTrim Function [Runtime]</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2005-01-03T15:50:42">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147574"><bookmark_value>LTrim function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147574" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120305.xhp" name="LTrim Function [Runtime]">LTrim Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145316" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Removes all leading spaces at the start of a string expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154924" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">LTrim (Text As String)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156344" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151056" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150543" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Use this function to remove spaces at the beginning of a string expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145419" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleSpaces</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Dim sText2 As String,sText As String,sOut As String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149204" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">sText2 = " &lt;*Las Vegas*&gt; "</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159252" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">sOut = "'"+sText2 +"'"+ Chr(13)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147350" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="16">sText = Ltrim(sText2) REM sText = "&lt;*Las Vegas*&gt; "</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153951" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">sOut = sOut + "'"+sText +"'" + Chr(13)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="18">sText = Rtrim(sText2) REM sText = " &lt;*Las Vegas*&gt;"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159154" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">sOut = sOut +"'"+ sText +"'" + Chr(13)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154322" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="20">sText = Trim(sText2) REM sText = "&lt;*Las Vegas*&gt;"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">sOut = sOut +"'"+ sText +"'"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156444" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">MsgBox sOut</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147318" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">end sub</paragraph>
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