LEFT()

Extract the leftmost substring of a character expression

Syntax

LEFT(<cString>,<nPos>) --> <cReturn>

Arguments

<cString> Main character to be parsed

<nPos> Number of bytes to return beggining at the leftmost position

Returns

<cReturn> Substring of evaluation

Description

This functions returns the leftmost <nPos> characters of <cString>. It is equivalent to the following programing expression: SUBSTR(<cString>,1,<nPos>
Examples
      ? QOUT(LEFT('HELLO HARBOUR',5))
Status

Ready

Compliance

This functions is CA CLIPPER compatible

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rtl

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