Programming Reference Manual

Left

 
Syntax
 
Left[$](S$, Len)
 
Description
Return a string from S$ with only the Len chars.
 
Note: A similar function, LeftB, returns the first Len bytes.
 
Parameter
Description
S$
Return the left portion of this string value. If this value is Null then Null is returned. 
Len 
Return this many chars. If S$ is shorter than that then just return S$.
See Also
LeftB$, InStr, InStrRev, Len, Mid$, Replace$, Right$, StringClass.FromLeft, StringClass.FromRight, StringClass.SubString.
Example
 
Sub Main
    Debug.Print Left$("Hello",2) '"He"
End Sub