strings.trimLeft() function

The strings.trimLeft() function removes specified leading characters from a string.

Output data type: String

import "strings"

strings.trimLeft(v: ".abc.", cutset: ".")

// returns "abc."

Parameters

v

String to remove characters from.

cutset

The leading characters to remove from the string. Only characters that match the cutset string exactly are removed.

Examples

Trim leading periods from all values in a column

import "strings"

data
  |> map(fn: (r) => ({
      r with
      variables: strings.trimLeft(v: r.variables, cutset: ".")
    })
  )