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Text.TrimStart

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Syntax

Text.TrimStart(text as nullable text, optional trim as any) as nullable text

About

Returns the result of removing all leadling characters from the specified text. By default, all the leading whitespace characters are removed.

  • text: The text from which the leading characters are to be removed.
  • trim: Overrides the whitespace characters that are trimmed by default. This parameter can either be a single character or a list of single characters. Each leading trim operation stops when a non-trimmed character is encountered.

Example 1

Remove leading whitespace from " a b c d ".

Usage**

Text.TrimStart("   a b c d    ")

Output

"a b c d    "

Example 2

Remove leading zeroes from the text representation of a number.

Usage

Text.TrimStart("0000056.420", "0")

Output

"56.420"

Example 3

Remove the leading padding characters from a fixed width account name.

Usage

let
    Source = #table(type table [Name = text, Account Name= text, Interest = number],
    {
        {"Bob", "@****847263-US", 2.8410},
        {"Leslie", "@******4648-FR", 3.8392},
        {"Ringo", "@*****24679-DE", 12.6600}
    }),
    #"Trimmed Account" = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {"Account Name", each Text.TrimStart(_, {"*", "@"})})
in
    #"Trimmed Account"

Output

#table(type table [Name = text, Account Name = text, Interest = number],
    {
        {"Bob", "847263-US", 2.841},
        {"Leslie", "4648-FR", 3.8392},
        {"Ringo", "2046790-DE", 12.66}
    }),