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misc.stripleadingblanks - Function

	Package	utility
	Module	misc
	Tool	misc

Strip leading blanks from a string

Synopsis
stripleadingblanks(string)

Description
This uses the builtin regex substitution and not the gmisc client.

Arguments

string		String to be stripped
		Allowed:	String

Returns
String

Example

- dms.stripleadingblanks("       foo")
foo

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