trimStart
Removes leading whitespace or specified characters from a string.
Signature
typescript
function trimStart(str: string, chars?: string | string[]): string;Parameters
str(string): The string from which leading characters will be trimmed.chars(string | string[]): The character(s) to remove from the start of the string.
Returns
(string): The resulting string after the specified leading character has been removed.
Examples
typescript
const trimmedStr1 = trimStart('---hello', '-'); // returns 'hello'
const trimmedStr2 = trimStart('000123', '0'); // returns '123'
const trimmedStr3 = trimStart('abcabcabc', 'a'); // returns 'bcabcabc'
const trimmedStr4 = trimStart('xxxtrimmed', 'x'); // returns 'trimmed'