strings.trimLeft() function

The strings.trimLeft() function removes specified leading characters from a string.

*Output data type: String*

import "strings"
strings.trimLeft(v: ".abc.", cutset: ".")
// returns "abc."

Parameters

v

String to remove characters from.

*Data type: String*

cutset

The leading characters to remove from the string. Only characters that match the cutset string exactly are removed.

*Data type: String*

Examples

Trim leading periods from all values in a column

import "strings"
data
  |> map(fn: (r) => ({
      r with
      variables: strings.trimLeft(v: r.variables, cutset: ".")
    })
  )

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