strs_lstrip {strs} | R Documentation |
Left strip characters from a string
Description
strs_lstrip
removes leading characters (spaces by default) from each
element of a character vector. It is similar to Python's str.lstrip()
method.
Usage
strs_lstrip(string, chars = NULL)
Arguments
string |
A character vector where each element is a string to be left-stripped. |
chars |
An optional string of characters to be removed from the beginning of each element. If NULL, whitespace is removed. |
Value
A character vector of the same length as string
, with specified
characters removed from the beginning of each element.
See Also
Python str.lstrip() documentation
Examples
strs_lstrip(" hello world")
strs_lstrip("xxxyhello world", chars = "xy")
[Package strs version 0.1.0 Index]