ltrim

Description

Syntax

VARCHAR ltrim(VARCHAR str[, VARCHAR rhs])

When the ‘rhs’ parameter is not present, remove the continuous spaces that appear from the beginning of the ‘str’ parameter. Otherwise, remove ‘rhs’.

example

mysql> SELECT ltrim('   ab d');
+------------------+
| ltrim('   ab d') |
+------------------+
| ab d             |
+------------------+
mysql> SELECT ltrim('ababccaab','ab') str;
+-------+
| str   |
+-------+
| ccaab |
+-------+

keywords

LTRIM