Nodejs String Trim Left ltrim()

Method Source Code

/**/* w w w .ja va2s.co  m*/
@Name: String.prototype.ltrim
@Author: Paul Visco
@Version: 1.0 11/19/07
@Description: Trims all white space off the left side of a string
@Return: String The original text with whitespace removed from the left
@Example:
var myString = '           hello';

var newString = myString.ltrim();
//newString = 'hello';

//or
String.prototype.ltrim.call(myString);
*/
String.prototype.ltrim = function(){
   return this.replace(/^\s+/, "");
};

Related

1. ltrim()

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

2. ltrim()

   String.prototype.ltrim=function()
     return this.replace(/(^\s*)/g,'');
   

3. ltrim()

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

4. ltrim()

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

5. ltrim()

   String.prototype.ltrim = function(){
     return this.replace(/\s+$/, "");
   };
   

6. ltrim()

   String.prototype.ltrim = function()
     return this.replace( /^\s*/g, '' ) ;
   

7. ltrim()

   String.prototype.ltrim = function(){
       var res = this;
       while (res.substring(0, 1) == " ") {
           res = res.substring(1, res.length);
       return res;
   

8. ltrim()

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

9. ltrim(ch)

   String.prototype.ltrim = function(ch) {
       var r = new RegExp("^{0}+".format(ch || "\\s"));
       return this.replace(r, "");
   };