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Left (Function)​

Format​

left( string_expression, length_expression)

returns string_expression

Description​

If length is greater than or equal to zero, returns a portion of the specified string_expression, starting from the first character on the left and continuing for length_expression characters. If length is less than zero then remove length_expression characters from the left of the string.

Example​

print left("Hello", 2)
print left("Hello", -2)

will display

He
llo

See Also​

Asc, Chr, Count, Countx, Explode, Explodex, Implode, Instr, Instrx, Left, Length, Ljust, Lower, LTrim, MD5, Mid, Midx, Replace, Replacex, Right, Rjust, RTrim, Serialize, String, Trim, Unserialize, Upper, Zfill

History​

0.9.5bNew To Version
1.99.99.53Added length < 0