{
  "name": "ltrim",
  "type": "function",
  "groups": ["String"],
  "description": "Removes the longest string containing only the specified characters (a space by default) from the start of string.",
  "arguments": [{
    "arg": "string",
    "description": "string to trim"
  },
  {
    "arg": "characters",
    "description": "characters to trim",
    "optional": true,
    "default": "' '"
  }],
  "examples": [{
    "expression": "ltrim('   hello world  ')",
    "returns": "'hello world  '"
  },
  {
    "expression": "ltrim('zzzytest', 'xyz')",
    "returns": "'test'"
  }],
  "tags": ["removes", "leading", "whitespace", "spaces", "tabs"]
}