Left()

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Returns a substring from beginning of the input string, with a length specified by the count argument.


	Left( string=string, count=number );

Returns: String

Argument	Description
string _{string, required}	edit A string or a variable that contains one.
count _{number, required}	edit A non-zero integer. A positive value of n will return n characters from the beginning of the string. A negative value of n will return (length - n) characters from the beginning of the string.

Argument

Description

string

_{string,

required}

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A string or a variable that contains one.

count

_{number,

required}

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A non-zero integer. A positive value of n will return n characters from the beginning of the string.

A negative value of n will return (length - n) characters from the beginning of the string.

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dump( left('abcd',3) ); // abc
dump( left("Peter", -1) ); // Pete