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layout: "functions"
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page_title: "trimprefix - Functions - Configuration Language"
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sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-string-trimprefix"
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description: |-
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The trimprefix function removes the specified prefix from the start of a
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given string.
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---
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# `trimprefix` Function
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-> **Note:** This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and
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earlier, see
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[0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax](../../configuration-0-11/interpolation.html).
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`trimprefix` removes the specified prefix from the start of the given string. If the string does not start with the prefix, the string is returned unchanged.
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## Examples
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```
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> trimprefix("helloworld", "hello")
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world
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```
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```
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> trimprefix("helloworld", "cat")
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helloworld
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```
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## Related Functions
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* [`trim`](./trim.html) removes characters at the start and end of a string.
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* [`trimsuffix`](./trimsuffix.html) removes a word from the end of a string.
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* [`trimspace`](./trimspace.html) removes all types of whitespace from
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both the start and the end of a string.
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