CStringT::TrimLeft

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Trims leading characters from the string.

CStringT& TrimLeft(
   XCHAR chTarget 
);
CStringT& TrimLeft(
   PCXSTR pszTargets 
);
CStringT& TrimLeft( );

Parameters

  • chTarget
    The target character to be trimmed.

  • pszTargets
    A pointer to a string containing the target characters to be trimmed. All leading occurrences of characters in pszTarget will be trimmed from the CStringT object.

Return Value

The resulting trimmed string.

Remarks

Removes all leading and trailing occurrences of one of the following:

  • The character specified by chTarget.

  • All characters found in the string specified by pszTargets.

  • Whitespace.

Example

// typedef CStringT<TCHAR, StrTraitATL<TCHAR, ChTraitsCRT<TCHAR>>> CAtlString;

CAtlString str;
str = _T("\t\t   ****Soccer is best!");

_tprintf_s(_T("Before: \"%s\"\n"), (LPCTSTR)str);
_tprintf_s(_T("After: \"%s\"\n"), (LPCTSTR)str.TrimLeft(_T("\t *")));

// Output: 
// -------------------------- 
// Before:      ****Soccer is best! 
// After: Soccer is best!

Requirements

Header: cstringt.h

See Also

Reference

CStringT Class

CStringT::Trim

CStringT::TrimRight