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Left function

String functions

Syntax

result = Left (String, nCount)

Description:

Extracts the first (that is, leftmost) nCount characters from String and returns a copy of the extracted substring. If nCount exceeds the string length, then the entire string is extracted. Left is similar to the Basic LEFT$ function.

Arguments:

String - String from which the first nCount characters will be extracted.

nCount - The number of characters to extract from String.

Examples:

String = "Hello World"
LeftString = Left (String,5)

LeftString contains "Hello"