base.StringBuffer.trimLeftWhiteSpace

Removes leading whitespace characters.

Syntax

trimLeftWhiteSpace()

Usage

The trimLeftWhiteSpace() method removes the leading whitespace characters in the string buffer.

The method considers as whitespace characters all characters less than or equal to blank space (ASCII(32)). This includes tab (\t), newline (\n), carriage-return (\r) and form-feed (\f).

Example

MAIN
   DEFINE buf base.StringBuffer
   LET buf = base.StringBuffer.create()
   CALL buf.append("\n\t  abc  ")
   CALL buf.trimLeftWhiteSpace()
   DISPLAY "["||buf.toString()||"]"
END MAIN

Output:

[abc  ]