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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>^\s*</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Leading whitespace</h1>
  <pre id="out"></pre>
  <script>
    var inputs = ["hello", "   hello", "\t\thello"];
    document.getElementById("out").textContent = inputs.map(function (s) {
      return JSON.stringify(s) + " → " + JSON.stringify(s.replace(/^\s*/, ""));
    }).join("\n");
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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