elasticsearch/docs/reference/query-languages/esql/_snippets/functions/ltrim.md

LTRIM [esql-ltrim]

Syntax

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Parameters

string : String expression. If null, the function returns null.

Description

Removes leading whitespaces from a string.

Supported types

string	result
keyword	keyword
text	keyword

Example

ROW message = "   some text  ",  color = " red "
| EVAL message = LTRIM(message)
| EVAL color = LTRIM(color)
| EVAL message = CONCAT("'", message, "'")
| EVAL color = CONCAT("'", color, "'")

message:keyword	color:keyword
'some text '	'red '