Ltrim: removes a set of characters from the left of a string
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SQL> -- Ltrim: removes a set of characters from the left of a string.
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SQL> -- LTRIM stands for "left trim."
SQL> -- The general format for this function is:
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SQL> -- LTRIM(string, characters_to_remove)
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SQL> SELECT LTRIM('...Mitho', '.') FROM dual;