The LTRIM SQL Function in MySQL and MariaDB - Remove leading spaces |
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| LTRIM | Syntax: | LTRIM(String) | Return value: | CHAR | Function type: | String function | |
| | The LTRIM() function removes leading spaces from a "String".
If the value of the argument is NULL, the LTRIM() function returns NULL. | SQL Examples for the LTRIM function |
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select ltrim(' test');
select concat('text,',ltrim(' test'));
select ltrim(null);
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ltrim(' test') |
varchar(7) BINARY |
test |
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concat('text,',ltrim(' test')) |
varchar(12) BINARY |
text,test |
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ltrim(null) |
varchar(0) BINARY |
NULL |
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| The examples were created with the MyWAY SQL manager: | How to use the LTRIM() function in MySQL and MariaDB databases | The LTRIM() function in MySQL and MariaDB is useful for removing leading spaces from strings, especially when working with data that may contain extraneous spaces at the beginning. This can be useful for data cleaning, also when comparing or displaying strings where leading spaces don't matter. | | Further MySQL und MariaDB SQL String functions | CHAR | CHAR(Character code, [, Charset]) | More about CHAR Function |
| CHR | CHR(Character code) | More about CHR Function |
| CONCAT | CONCAT(Strings ('str1','str2', ...)) | More about CONCAT Function |
| CONCAT_WS | CONCAT_WS(Separator, Strings ('str1','str2', ...)) | More about CONCAT_WS Function |
| ELT | ELT(Index, Strings ('str1','str2', ...)) | More about ELT Function |
| EXPORT_SET | EXPORT_SET(Bits, On, Off [, Separator] [, Number of bits]) | More about EXPORT_SET Function |
| EXTRACTVALUE | EXTRACTVALUE(XML, XPath) |
| FIELD | FIELD(Search string, Strings ('str1','str2', ...)) | More about FIELD Function |
| FORMAT | FORMAT(Number, Decimals [, Region]) | More about FORMAT Function |
| INSERT | INSERT(String, Position, Length, String to insert) | More about INSERT Function |
| LCASE | LCASE(String) | More about LCASE Function |
| LEFT | LEFT(String, Length) | More about LEFT Function |
| LOAD_FILE | LOAD_FILE(File name) |
| LOWER | LOWER(String) | More about LOWER Function |
| LPAD | LPAD(String, Length, String to append) | More about LPAD Function |
| LPAD_ORACLE | LPAD_ORACLE(String, Length, String to append) | More about LPAD_ORACLE Function |
| MAKE_SET | MAKE_SET(Bits, Strings ('str1','str2', ...)) | More about MAKE_SET Function |
| MID | MID(String, Position [, Length]) | More about MID Function |
| QUOTE | QUOTE(String) | More about QUOTE Function |
| REPEAT | REPEAT(String, Number) | More about REPEAT Function |
| REPLACE | REPLACE(String, Search, Replace) | More about REPLACE Function |
| REVERSE | REVERSE(String) | More about REVERSE Function |
| RIGHT | RIGHT(String, Length) | More about RIGHT Function |
| RPAD | RPAD(String, Length, String to append) | More about RPAD Function |
| RPAD_ORACLE | RPAD_ORACLE(String, Length, String to append) | More about RPAD_ORACLE Function |
| RTRIM | RTRIM(String) | More about RTRIM Function |
| SOUNDEX | SOUNDEX(String) | More about SOUNDEX Function |
| SPACE | SPACE(Number) | More about SPACE Function |
| SUBSTR | SUBSTR(String, Position, Length) | More about SUBSTR Function |
| SUBSTRING | SUBSTRING(String, Position, Length) | More about SUBSTRING Function |
| SUBSTRING_INDEX | SUBSTRING_INDEX(String, Delimiter, Number) | More about SUBSTRING_INDEX Function |
| TRIM | TRIM([Type] [, Delete character], , String) | More about TRIM Function |
| TRIM_ORACLE | TRIM_ORACLE([Type] [, Delete character], , String) | More about TRIM_ORACLE Function |
| UCASE | UCASE(String) | More about UCASE Function |
| UPPER | UPPER(String) | More about UPPER Function |
| WEIGHT_STRING | WEIGHT_STRING(String [AS Format] [LEVEL Level] [Sorting]) | More about WEIGHT_STRING Function |
| ASCII | ASCII(String) | More about ASCII Function |
| BIT_LENGTH | BIT_LENGTH(String) | More about BIT_LENGTH Function |
| CHAR_LENGTH | CHAR_LENGTH(String) | More about CHAR_LENGTH Function |
| CHARACTER_LENGTH | CHARACTER_LENGTH(String) | More about CHARACTER_LENGTH Function |
| FIND_IN_SET | FIND_IN_SET(Search string, Set of values) | More about FIND_IN_SET Function |
| INSTR | INSTR(String, Search string) | More about INSTR Function |
| LENGTH | LENGTH(String) | More about LENGTH Function |
| LENGTHB | LENGTHB(String) | More about LENGTHB Function |
| LOCATE | LOCATE(Search string, String [, Position]) | More about LOCATE Function |
| OCTET_LENGTH | OCTET_LENGTH(String) | More about OCTET_LENGTH Function |
| ORD | ORD(String) | More about ORD Function |
| POSITION | POSITION(Search string IN String) | More about POSITION Function |
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