Friday, March 9, 2018

String lstrip() Method


String lstrip() Method in Python 3


The lstrip() method returns a copy of the string in which all chars have been stripped from the beginning of the string (default whitespace characters).

Syntax
str.lstrip([chars])

Parameters
chars - You can supply what chars have to be trimmed.
Return Value
This method returns a copy of the string in which all chars have been stripped from the beginning of the string (default whitespace characters).

Example
#!/usr/bin/python3
str = " this is string example....wow!!!"
print (str.lstrip())
str = "*****this is string example....wow!!!*****"
print (str.lstrip('*'))

Result
this is string example....wow!!!
this is string example....wow!!!*****