string:trim_start

Remove one or multiple substring from the start of a given string -- default: remove whitespace characters

string:trim_start(STRING $string, $remove=[ " ", "\t", "\n", "\r", "", "\v" ], INT $limit=0) : STRING

string:trim_start(" hi ")
#=> "hi "

string:trim_start("hi   ")
#=> "hi   "

string:trim_start("hi \n\n  ")
#=> "hi \n\n  "

string:trim_start("foo...",".")
#=> "foo..."

# trim multiple strings
string:trim_start(".foo...",['.','o'])
#=> "foo..."

# trim only maximum of 2 occurences from start of string
# note: by default, $limit = 0 means no-limit
string:trim_start(".foo...",['.'],2)
#=> "foo..."

string:trim_start("...foo...",'.', 2)
#=> ".foo..."

string:trim_start("...foo...",'...')
#=> "foo..."

# remove string
string:trim_start("foofoofoo bar ",'foo') 
#=> " bar "

# remove maximum of 2 from start of string
string:trim_start("foobar foofoofoo",'foo',2) 
#=> "bar foofoofoo"

string:trim_start("bar nice foofoobarfoo",['foo','bar'],2) 
#=> " nice foofoobarfoo"