Python String lstrip() Method (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 12 Nov, 2024

The lstrip() method removes leading whitespace characters from a string. We can also specify custom characters to remove from the beginning/starting of the string.

Let’s take an example to remove whitespace from the starting of a string.

Python `

s = " Hello Python!" res = s.lstrip() print(res)

`

Syntax of lstrip() Method

s.lstrip(_chars)

• **s: The input string
• **chars (optional): A set of characters to remove as trailing characters

Table of Content

• Syntax of lstrip() Method
• Examples of lstrip() Method
  • Remove Trailing Whitespaces
  • Remove Custom Characters
  • Remove Newline Characters
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Python lstrip() Method

Examples of lstrip() Method

Remove Trailing Whitespaces

Python `

s = " Hello Python! " res = s.lstrip() print(res)

`

Remove Custom Characters

If we have a string with various characters that we want to remove from starting of the string then we can use lstrip().

Python `

s = ' ##*#Hello Python!#**## '

removes all occurrences of '#', '*', and ' '

from the end of string

res = s.lstrip('#* ') print(res)

`

**Notes:

• **lstrip(‘#* ‘) removes any #, *, and spaces from the starting/beginning of string.
• It stops stripping characters from the start of string once it encounters a character that are not in the specified set of characters.

Remove Newline Characters

We can also remove the leading newline characters ****(\n)** from a string.

Python `

s = '\nHello Python!\n'

Removing newline characters

from the end of string

res = s.lstrip()

print(res)

`