lstrip() : to remove space or chars from left of the string in Python

Removes space or chars from left side of the string

my_str.lstrip(char)

char: (Optional ) char to be removed from left of the input string my_str
Returns the string after removing chars from left of the string.

my_str='    Plus2net'
output=my_str.lstrip()
print(output)      #Plus2net

# removes * from left
my_str='**plus2net'
output=my_str.lstrip('*')
print(output)      #plus2net

# removes all char left of plus2net
my_str='**## welcome plus2net'
output=my_str.lstrip('*# welcome')
print(output) # plus2net

# removes from left only. 
# Can't remove in between the string
my_str='22plus2net'
output=my_str.lstrip('2')
print(output) # plus2net

my_str='Rs 5000'
output=my_str.lstrip('Rs')
print(output) # 5000

Example 1: Removing Multiple Characters

my_str = "###***Hello"
print(my_str.lstrip("#*"))  # Output: 'Hello'

Example 2: Cleaning User Input

price = "Rs 5000"
print(price.lstrip("Rs"))  # Output: ' 5000'

Example 3: Removing Leading Zeros

num_str = "00012345"
print(num_str.lstrip("0"))  # Output: '12345'

Example 4: Removing Specific Characters

text = "***Python Programming"
print(text.lstrip("*"))  # Output: 'Python Programming'

Example 5: Removing Whitespaces from User Input

user_input = "   Hello World!"
cleaned_input = user_input.lstrip()
print(cleaned_input)  # Output: 'Hello World!'

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