Trim leading spaces including tabs

Question

I need to read files using vbscript and remove all leading spaces including any tabs. I now LTRIM will remove the leading spaces but how do I remove tabs also.

Thank

Answer 1

For a both left and right trim (including tabs, carriage return, line feeds, spaces) in a multiline string this will work.

Function MultilineTrim (Byval TextData)
    Dim textRegExp
    Set textRegExp = new regexp
    textRegExp.Pattern = "\s{0,}(\S{1}[\s,\S]*\S{1})\s{0,}"
    textRegExp.Global = False
    textRegExp.IgnoreCase = True
    textRegExp.Multiline = True

    If textRegExp.Test (TextData) Then
        MultilineTrim = textRegExp.Replace (TextData, "$1")
    Else
        MultilineTrim = ""
    End If
End Function