String.prototype.trimStart()

The trimStart() method removes whitespace from the beginning of a string. trimLeft() is an alias of this method.

str.trimStart();
str.trimLeft();

A new string representing the calling string stripped of whitespace from its beginning (left end).

The trimStart() / trimLeft() methods return the string stripped of whitespace from its left end. trimLeft() or trimStart() do not affect the value of the string itself.

For consistency with functions like String.prototype.padStart the standard method name is trimStart. However, for web compatibility reasons, trimLeft remains as an alias to trimStart. In some engines this means:

String.prototype.trimLeft.name === "trimStart";

The following example displays the lowercase string 'foo  ':

var str = '   foo  ';

console.log(str.length); // 8

str = str.trimStart();
console.log(str.length); // 5
console.log(str);        // 'foo  '

//https://github.com/FabioVergani/js-Polyfill_String-trimStart

(function(w){
    var String=w.String, Proto=String.prototype;

    (function(o,p){
        if(p in o?o[p]?false:true:true){
            var r=/^\s+/;
            o[p]=o.trimLeft||function(){
                return this.replace(r,'')
            }
        }
    })(Proto,'trimStart');

})(window);

/*
ES6:
(w=>{
    const String=w.String, Proto=String.prototype;

    ((o,p)=>{
        if(p in o?o[p]?false:true:true){
            const r=/^\s+/;
            o[p]=o.trimLeft||function(){
                return this.replace(r,'')
            }
        }
    })(Proto,'trimStart');

})(window);
*/

• String.prototype.trim()
• String.prototype.trimEnd()