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PQL46 (PQL Function Library - CPM 4.6)

LTRIM

Applies to: CELONIS 4.0 CELONIS 4.2 CELONIS 4.3 CELONIS 4.4 CELONIS 4.5 CELONIS 4.6

Description

LTRIM returns the string with leading whitespace removed.

Supported input column types: STRING

Output column type: STRING

Whitespace is defined as being the whitespace characters in version 12.1.0 of the Unicode Standard.

NULL values: If the value is NULL, the result is NULL.

Syntax
LTRIM ( table.column )
Example

[1] Remove leading whitespace from strings.

Query

Column1

LTRIM ( "Table1"."Column1" )

Input

Output

Table1

Column1 : STRING

'Example without leading whitespace'

' Example with leading whitespace'

' PQL'

'a '

''

''

null

''

Result

Column1 : STRING

'Example without leading whitespace'

'Example with leading whitespace'

'PQL'

'a '

''

''

null

''