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ltrim

Removes the longest string containing only characters in characters (a space by default) from the start of string.

Signatures & examples

ltrim ( string text [, characters text ] ) → text

Removes the longest string containing only characters in characters (a space by default) from the start of string.

ltrim('zzzytest', 'xyz') → test

ltrim ( bytes bytea, bytesremoved bytea ) → bytea

Removes the longest string containing only bytes appearing in bytesremoved from the start of bytes.

ltrim('\x1234567890'::bytea, '\x9012'::bytea) → \x34567890

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Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source