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`ltrim` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;bdlb&lowbar;string&period;h&gt;`

Remove leading whitespace characters from `string`&period;


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static
void
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/ltrim-0d.adoc[ltrim](char* string);
----

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Remove leading whitespace characters from `string`&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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static
void
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/ltrim-04.adoc[ltrim](xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string]* string);
----

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Remove leading whitespace characters from `string`&period;


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static
void
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/ltrim-023.adoc[ltrim](std::pmr::string* string);
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Remove leading whitespace characters from `string`&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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static
void
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/ltrim-0f.adoc[ltrim](std::string* string);
----

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Remove leading whitespace and update `&ast;length` accordingly&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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static
void
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/String/ltrim-02b.adoc[ltrim](
    char* string,
    int* length);
----

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== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *string*
| null&hyphen;terminated string to trim
| *length*
| length of `string`&semi; updated to the trimmed length
|===


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