# Function Reference

# StringTrimLeft

Trims a number of characters from the left hand side of a string.

StringTrimLeft ( "string", count )

## Parameters

string | The string to evaluate.
count | The number of characters to trim.

## Return Value

Returns the string trimmed by count characters from the left.

## Remarks

If count is out-of-bounds, an empty string is returned.
StringTrimLeft($str, $n) is functionally equivalent to StringRight($str, StringLen($str) - $n)

## Related

StringCompare, StringInStr, StringLeft, StringLen, StringLower, StringMid, StringReplace, StringRight, StringSplit, StringTrimRight, StringUpper

## Example

    #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

    Local $sString = StringTrimLeft("This is a sentence with whitespace.", 5) ; Remove the 5 leftmost characters from the string.
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", $sString)