LTRIM

LTRIM(string)

Returns the text string without leading spaces (Variant / String).

string

The text string (String).

REMARKS

* If "string" = "" (zero length string), then a zero length string is returned.
* If "string" is vbNullString, then a zero length string is returned.
* This function is similar to RTRIM function.
* You can use the LEFT function to return a number of characters from the left of a string.
* You can use the LTRIM$ function to return a String data type instead of a Variant data type.
* You can use the RTRIM function to returns a text string without trailing spaces.
* You can use the TRIM function to return a text string without leading and trailing spaces.
* The equivalent .NET function is [[Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.LTrim]]
* For the Microsoft documentation refer to learn.microsoft.com

Debug.Print "'" & LTrim("some text   ") & "'"            '= 'some text   '  
Debug.Print "'" & LTrim("   some text   ") & "'"         '= 'some text   '  
Debug.Print "'" & LTrim("   some text") & "'"            '= 'some text'  
Debug.Print "'" & LTrim(RTrim("   some text   ")) & "'"  '= 'some text'  
Debug.Print "'" & LTrim(Null) & "'"                      '= ''