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STRLTRIM(3)		     C Programmer's Manual		   STRLTRIM(3)

NAME
       strltrim	- remove leading whitespace from string

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<publib.h>
       char *strltrim(char *s);

DESCRIPTION
       strltrim	 removes  all leading whitespace characters from the beginning
       of a string, by moving everything starting from	the  first  non-white-
       space  character	 to  the  beginning  of	 the string.  As whitespace is
       counted everything for which isspace(3) returns true.

RETURN VALUE
       strltrim	returns	its argument.

EXAMPLE
       To remove all indentation from all lines	in a program, you might	do the
       following:

	    #include <publib.h>

	    int	main(void) {
		 char line[512];

		 while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdio) != NULL) {
		      strltrim(line);
		      printf("%s", line);
		 }
		 return	0;
	    }

SEE ALSO
       publib(3), strrtrim(3), strtrim(3), isspace(3)

AUTHOR
       Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)

Publib			     C Programmer's Manual		   STRLTRIM(3)

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