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Return a `bslstl::StringRef` object referring to the substring of (the referent data of) the specified `string` that excludes all leading whitespace. See {Whitespace Character Specification}. If `string` consists entirely of whitespace, return a zero‐length reference to the end of `string` (i.e., `bslstl::StringRef(string.end(), 0)`).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_stringrefutil.h>`

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ltrim(xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRef.adoc[bslstl::StringRef] const& string);
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