ES|QL `LTRIM` function

Syntax

Embedded

Parameters

string: String expression. If null, the function returns null.

Description

Removes leading whitespaces from a string.

Supported types

string	result
keyword	keyword
text	keyword

Example

		ROW message = "   some text  ",  color = " red "
| EVAL message = LTRIM(message)
| EVAL color = LTRIM(color)
| EVAL message = CONCAT("'", message, "'")
| EVAL color = CONCAT("'", color, "'")
		
	

message:keyword	color:keyword
'some text '	'red '