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ltrim()
Removes the specified characters from the beginning of a string.
Syntax
ltrim(string,substr)
Usage
Removes every instance of each character in
substr from the beginning of string. This
function is case-sensitive. To remove leading spaces, do not specify a value for
substr.
Example
This example shows that ltrim removes the specified characters from the beginning of a string. This function is case-sensitive.
1q = load "test";
2q = foreach q generate 'Company' as 'Company', ltrim('Company',"abc") as 'ltrim abc',
3 ltrim('Company',"cba") as 'ltrim cba', ltrim('Company',"ab") as 'ltrim ab',
4 ltrim('Company',"bc") as 'ltrim bc';