Python .lstrip()

The .lstrip() method removes the leading characters from a string.

Syntax

string.lstrip(chars)

The .lstrip() method removes the whitespace at the beginning of a string. The optional chars parameter is a string for designating specific leading characters to be removed.

Examples

Unless chars is specified, .lstrip() removes the leading whitespace. If chars is specified .lstrip() will remove any leading characters in chars from the string. chars can be in any order.

hi = '     Hi there'
print(hi.lstrip())

filePath = 'cd ./user/home'
print(filePath.lstrip('cd ./'))

example = 'Hi, Welcome to Docs'
example = example.lstrip('hiHI, ')
print(example)

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This code will result in the following output:

Hi there
user/home
Welcome to Docs

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Note: .lstrip() returns a new string and does not modify the original string.

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