functx:left-trim
Trims leading whitespace
Description
The functx:left-trim function removes all whitespace at the beginning of a string. Whitespace is defined as it is in XML, namely as the characters space, tab, carriage return and line feed. If $arg is the empty sequence, it returns a zero-length string.
Parameters |
Description |
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arg:string() |
the string to trim |
Examples
XPath |
Results |
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functx:left-trim(’ xyz’) |
xyz |
functx:left-trim(’ xyz x’) |
xyz x |
functx:left-trim(‘xyz’) |
xyz |