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LEFT$
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field of Application Function returning a specified number of characters from a given string
starting from the extreme left side of the string, i.e. from the start.
Syntax LEFT$(,)
is the string from which the characters will be returned.
is the number of characters to be returned.
Remarks This function is the complementary function for RIGHT$, which returns the
characters starting from the extreme right side, i.e. from the end.
If the number of characters to be returned is greater than the number of
characters in the string, then the entire string will be returned. If the number
of characters is set to zero, a null string will be returned.
Examples 10 PRINT LEFT$("THERMAL_PRINTER",7)
RUN
THERMAL
10 A$="THERMAL_PRINTER":B$="LABEL"
20 PRINT LEFT$(A$,8);LEFT$(B$,10);"S"
RUN
THERMAL_LABELS
yields:
yields:
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