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`ltrim` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bdlb_string.h>`

Remove leading whitespace characters from `string`.


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static
void
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Remove leading whitespace characters from `string`.


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static
void
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Remove leading whitespace characters from `string`.


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void
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Remove leading whitespace characters from `string`.


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static
void
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Remove leading whitespace and update `*length` accordingly.


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static
void
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    char* string,
    int* length);
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== Parameters

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


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