lstrip¶
Description¶
Returns a copy of the string with leading characters removed.
Syntax¶
str. lstrip([chars])
- chars
- Optional. String specifying the set of characters to be removed. If omitted or None, the chars argument defaults to removing whitespace. The chars argument is not a prefix; rather, all combinations of its values are stripped.
Return Value¶
str
Time Complexity¶
#TODO
Example¶
>>> ' spacious '.lstrip()
'spacious '
>>> "AABAA".lstrip("A")
'BAA'
>>> "ABBA".lstrip("AB") # both AB and BA are stripped
''
>>> "ABCABBA".rstrip("AB")
'ABC'
>>> "ABCABBA".lstrip("AB")
'CABBA'