class_docstr: Series.str namespace.
class_docstr_tok: ["Series.str","namespace","."]
docstr: Remove leading characters.
  
  Parameters
  ----------
  characters
      The set of characters to be removed. All combinations of this set of
      characters will be stripped. If set to None (default), all whitespace is
      removed instead.
  
  Examples
  --------
  >>> s = pl.Series([" hello ", "\tworld"])
  >>> s.str.strip_chars_start()
  shape: (2,)
  Series: '' [str]
  [
          "hello "
          "world"
  ]
  
  Characters can be stripped by passing a string as argument. Note that whitespace
  will not be stripped automatically when doing so.
  
  >>> s.str.strip_chars_start("wod\t")
  shape: (2,)
  Series: '' [str]
  [
          " hello "
          "rld"
  ]
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code: def strip_chars_start(
      self, characters: IntoExprColumn | None = None
  ) -> Series:
      r"""
      Remove leading characters.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      characters
          The set of characters to be removed. All combinations of this set of
          characters will be stripped. If set to None (default), all whitespace is
          removed instead.
  
      Examples
      --------
      >>> s = pl.Series([" hello ", "\tworld"])
      >>> s.str.strip_chars_start()
      shape: (2,)
      Series: '' [str]
      [
              "hello "
              "world"
      ]
  
      Characters can be stripped by passing a string as argument. Note that whitespace
      will not be stripped automatically when doing so.
  
      >>> s.str.strip_chars_start("wod\t")
      shape: (2,)
      Series: '' [str]
      [
              " hello "
              "rld"
      ]
  
      """
  
imports: from __future__ import annotations
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
  from polars.series.utils import expr_dispatch
  from polars.utils.deprecation import deprecate_renamed_function, deprecate_renamed_parameter
label_desc: Use image node_id 27 for calling the StringNameSpace obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.strip_chars_start(characters) without return types