daft.functions.lstrip#

def lstrip(expr: Expression) -> Expression:
    """Strip whitespace from the left side of a UTF-8 string.

    Returns:
        Expression: a String expression which is `self` with leading whitespace stripped

    Examples:
        >>> import daft
        >>> from daft.functions import lstrip
        >>> df = daft.from_pydict({"x": ["foo", "bar", "  baz"]})
        >>> df = df.select(lstrip(df["x"]))
        >>> df.show()
        ╭────────╮
        │ x      │
        │ ---    │
        │ String │
        ╞════════╡
        │ foo    │
        ├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
        │ bar    │
        ├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
        │ baz    │
        ╰────────╯
        <BLANKLINE>
        (Showing first 3 of 3 rows)

    """
    return Expression._call_builtin_scalar_fn("lstrip", expr)