Ltrim - Amazon QuickSight

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Ltrim

ltrim removes preceding blank space from a string.

Syntax

ltrim(expression)

Arguments

expression

The expression must be a string. It can be the name of a field that uses the string data type, a literal value like '12 Main Street', or a call to another function that outputs a string.

Return type

String

Example

The following example removes the preceding spaces from a string.

ltrim(' Seattle Store #14')

The following value is returned.

Seattle Store #14