javascript remove whitespace beginning end string code example

Example 1: javascript remove spaces at the beginning of the end of the string

const stringWithSpaces = '   I learn JS with Coderslang every day   ';

console.log(stringWithSpaces.trimStart());  //'I learn JS with Coderslang every day   '
console.log(stringWithSpaces.trimEnd());    //'   I learn JS with Coderslang every day'
console.log(stringWithSpaces.trim());       //'I learn JS with Coderslang every day'

Example 2: how to remove whitespace only from first position of string js

function ltrim(str) {
  if(!str) return str;
  return str.replace(/^\s+/g, '');
}