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instance method
String#lstrip!
() -> self?
lstrip! → self or nil
string.c
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static VALUE
rb_str_lstrip_bang(VALUE str)
{
rb_encoding *enc;
char *start, *s;
long olen, loffset;
str_modify_keep_cr(str);
enc = STR_ENC_GET(str);
RSTRING_GETMEM(str, start, olen);
loffset = lstrip_offset(str, start, start+olen, enc);
if (loffset > 0) {
long len = olen-loffset;
s = start + loffset;
memmove(start, s, len);
STR_SET_LEN(str, len);
TERM_FILL(start+len, rb_enc_mbminlen(enc));
return str;
}
return Qnil;
}
Like String#lstrip, except that any modifications are made in self; returns self if any modification are made, nil otherwise.
Related: String#rstrip!, String#strip!.