xarray.DataArray.str.lstrip

DataArray.str.lstrip(to_strip=None)

Remove leading characters.

Strip whitespaces (including newlines) or a set of specified characters from each string in the array from the left side.

Parameters

to_strip (str or None, default: None) – Specifying the set of characters to be removed. All combinations of this set of characters will be stripped. If None then whitespaces are removed.

Returns

stripped (same type as values)