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Functions / String Functions And Operators

ltrim

Read the PG 18 manual

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

Reading PG 18current·documented in 27 of 27 versions, 7.1 to 20

7.17.27.37.48.08.18.28.38.49.09.19.29.39.49.59.61011121314151617181920

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
Version history 5
  1. 13 → 14 changed
  2. 12 → 13 changed
  3. 7.4 → 8.0 changed
  4. 7.3 → 7.4 changed
  5. 7.2 → 7.3 changed

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