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Text.TrimStart

Removes all specified leading characters.

Syntax​

Text.TrimStart(
    text as text,
    optional trim as any
) as text

Remarks​

Returns the result of removing all leading characters from the specified text. By default, all the leading whitespace characters are removed.

  • text: The text from which the leading characters are to be removed.
  • trim: Overrides the whitespace characters that are trimmed by default. This parameter can either be a single character or a list of single characters. Each leading trim operation stops when a non-trimmed character is encountered.

Examples​

Example #1​

Remove leading whitespace from " a b c d ".

Text.TrimStart("   a b c d    ")

Result:

"a b c d    "

Example #2​

Remove leading zeroes from the text representation of a number.

Text.TrimStart("0000056.420", "0")

Result:

"56.420"

Example #3​

Remove the leading padding characters from a fixed-width account name.

let
    Source = #table(type table [Name = text, Account Name= text, Interest = number],
    {
        {"Bob", "@****847263-US", 2.8410},
        {"Leslie", "@******4648-FR", 3.8392},
        {"Ringo", "@***2046790-DE", 12.6600}
    }),
    #"Trimmed Account" = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Account Name", each Text.TrimStart(_, {"*", "@"})}})
in
    #"Trimmed Account"

Result:

#table(type table [Name = text, Account Name = text, Interest = number],
{
    {"Bob", "847263-US", 2.841},
    {"Leslie", "4648-FR", 3.8392},
    {"Ringo", "2046790-DE", 12.66}
})

Category​

Text.Transformations