# trimAsciiStart

`import { trimAsciiStart } from "destack:bytes";`

Trim leading ASCII whitespace.

```ds title="trimAsciiStart"
export function trimAsciiStart(bytes: &'a readonly [uint8]): readonly [uint8]
```

[language/library/src/bytes/bytes.ds:234:236](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/bytes/bytes.ds#L234-L236)