From: BruceL Date: 2010-08-03T06:15:05+09:00 Subject: Re: How to remove leading   from string On Aug 2, 3:59 am, Lucky Nl wrote: > Hi >   I Need small help that how to remove leading   tags >   My text is: >      str = "

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" >    I want result is >      str = "

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" > > Can anybody help > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. simply a.delete!(" ")