// typedef CStringT<TCHAR, StrTraitATL<TCHAR, ChTraitsCRT<TCHAR>>> CAtlString;
CAtlString str;
str = _T("\t\t ****Soccer is best!");
_tprintf_s(_T("Before: \"%s\"\n"), (LPCTSTR)str);
_tprintf_s(_T("After: \"%s\"\n"), (LPCTSTR)str.TrimLeft(_T("\t *")));
// Output:
// --------------------------
// Before: ****Soccer is best!
// After: Soccer is best!
