===== Left (Function) ===== ==== Format ==== **left**( [[stringexpressions|string_expression]], [[integerexpressions|length_expression]]) returns [[stringexpressions|string_expression]] ==== Description ==== If length is greater than or equal to zero, returns a portion of the specified [[stringexpressions|string_expression]], starting from the first character on the left and continuing for [[integerexpressions|length_expression]] characters. If length is less than zero then remove [[integerexpressions|length_expression]] characters from the left of the string. ==== Example ==== print left("Hello", 2) print left("Hello", -2) will display He llo ==== See Also ==== {{page>en:start#String Handling&noheader}} ==== History ==== |0.9.5b|New To Version| |1.99.99.53|Added length < 0|