Remove Leading Whitespace From A Python String With .lstrip()

October 2023

Calling .lstrip() on a python string trims any leading whitespace (including newlines), while leaving any trailing whitespace untouched. For example:

original = """

   hotel india juliett

    """

left_stripped = original.lstrip()

print(f"START|{left_stripped}|END")

Output:

START|hotel india juliett

    |END

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