Python String lstrip method with Example – Python Tutorial

6 years ago Lalit Bhagtani 0

 In this tutorial, we will learn about python string lstrip method.
Python String lstrip

lstrip method :

This method returns a copy of the string in which all the occurrences of chars ( passed as an argument ) has been removed from the beginning ( left side ) of the string object on which method is called. If chars arguments is omitted or None, then chars argument defaults to whitespace.

Syntax : < String Object >.lstrip( [ chars ] ) :  < String Object >

              chars: characters to be removed.

Example:

# create one string and assign it to variable s1 s1 = ' lstrip example' # call lstrip() method on string s1 output = s1.lstrip() # print the value of variable output print(output) # create one string and assign it to variable s2 s2 = 'lstrip example' # call lstrip() method on string s2 by passing 'l' as an argument output = s2.lstrip('l') # print the value of variable output print(output)

References :-

  1. lstrip() method Docs

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