daft.Expression.str.lstrip#

Expression.str.lstrip() → Expression[source]#

Strip whitespace from the left side of a UTF-8 string

Example

>>> import daft
>>> df = daft.from_pydict({"x": ["foo", "bar", "  baz"]})
>>> df = df.select(df["x"].str.lstrip())
>>> df.show()
╭──────╮
│ x    │
│ ---  │
│ Utf8 │
╞══════╡
│ foo  │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ bar  │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ baz  │
╰──────╯

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Returns:: a String expression which is self with leading whitespace stripped
Return type:: Expression

daft.Expression.str.lstrip

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daft.Expression.str.lstrip#