Function Left()

KiXtart 2001 Manual

Left( )

Action:	Returns a specified number of characters from the left side of a string.
Syntax:	LEFT ("string", length)
Parameters:	String String expression from which the leftmost characters are returned. Length Numeric expression indicating how many characters to return. If 0, a zero-length string is returned. If greater than or equal to the number of characters in string, the entire string is returned.
Returns:	The substring requested.
See Also:	InStr( ), InStrRev( ), Right( ), SubStr( )
Example:	; get the first 2 chars of the user's ID $x = LEFT(@USERID, 2)