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LEFT-TRIM
Removes leading white space, or other specified characters, from a character string.
SYNTAX
string
A character expression (a constant, field name, or expression that results in a character value).
trim-chars
A character expression that specifies the characters to be trimmed from string. If you do not specify trim-chars, the LEFT-TRIM function removes spaces, tabs, linefeeds, and carriage returns.
EXAMPLETo left-justify the page number field (Page) in a document index, create a calculated field containing this expression:
Sample data:
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