JQuery to Trim leading white space only - Javascript jQuery Method and Property

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JQuery to Trim leading white space only

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<html>
 <head> 
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.1.js"></script> 
  <script type="text/javascript">
    $(window).load(function(){/*from  w w  w  .  j a va2 s .  com*/
var pane = $('span');
console.log('String before="'+pane.text()+'"');
pane.text(pane.text().replace(/^\s/, ''));
console.log('String after="'+pane.text()+'"');
    });

      </script> 
 </head> 
 <body> 
  <span> My Heading</span>  
 </body>
</html>

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