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bytearray.lstrip

bytearray — stripping

Return a copy with the given bytes removed from the left; by default strips ASCII whitespace.

Syntax

ba.lstrip(...)

The argument is a set of byte values peeled off one at a time while they keep matching, not a prefix taken as a whole: lstrip(b'xy') eats any run of 'x' and 'y' in any order. To drop exactly one given sequence, reach for removeprefix. The bytearray itself is untouched — you get a new object back.

Examples

print(bytearray(b'  hi').lstrip())   # → bytearray(b'hi')
print(bytearray(b'\t\n hi').lstrip())   # → bytearray(b'hi')
print(bytearray(b'000123').lstrip(b'0'))   # → bytearray(b'123')
print(bytearray(b'xyxdata').lstrip(b'xy'))   # → bytearray(b'data')
print(bytearray(b'  hi  ').lstrip())   # → bytearray(b'hi  ')
print(bytearray(b'0000').lstrip(b'0'))   # → bytearray(b'')

See also

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