Nodejs String Trim Left lefttrim( )

Method Source Code

// Trims the beinning white space from a string.
String.prototype.lefttrim = function( )
{
  return( this.replace(new RegExp("^[\\s]+", "gm"), "") );
};

Related

1. lTrim()

   String.prototype.lTrim = function () {
     var $whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");
     if ($whitespace.indexOf(this.charAt(0)) != -1) {
       var $i = this.length;
       var $j = 0;
       while ($j < $i && $whitespace.indexOf(this.charAt($j)) != -1) {
         $j++;
       return this.substring($j, $i);
   ...
   

2. lTrim(charlist)

   String.prototype.lTrim = function(charlist) {
     if (charlist === undefined)
       charlist = "\s";
     return this.replace(new RegExp("^[" + charlist + "]+"), "");
   };
   

3. leftTrim()

   String.prototype.leftTrim = function () {
       return this.replace(/^\s+/, "");
   

4. leftTrim()

   String.prototype.leftTrim = function() { 
      return this.replace(/(^\s*)/g, ""); 
   

5. leftTrim()

   String.prototype.leftTrim =function(){
       return this.replace(/^\s+/,'');
   

6. TrimStart( aimStr )

   String.prototype.TrimStart = function( aimStr )
       var str = this;
       var re = My.RegExp.InvolvedCharsRegExp;
       var reStart;
       if ( aimStr )
           aimStr = aimStr.replace( re, '\\$1' );
           reStart = new RegExp( '^(' + aimStr + ')+' );
   ...
   

7. LTrim()

   String.prototype.LTrim = function(){
     return this.replace(/(^\s*)/g, "");
   };
   

8. LTrim()

   String.prototype.LTrim = function() {
       return this.replace(/^\s+/g, "");