Description
The Left$ function returns the specified number of characters from the specified string starting from the left.
Syntax
var$ = Left$(<string$>, <nbchar>)
Parameters
<string$>: string from which to extract characters.
<nbchar>: numeric, the number of characters to extract.
Return Value
var$: string, return value containing the first <nbchar> characters from <string$>. If <nbchar> is negative or 0, the returned string is empty.
See Also
Examples
a$ = Left$("toto", 2) ' Returns "to" in a$
a$ = Left$("toto", 0) ' Returns "" in a$
b$ = Left$(a$, 2) ' Returns the first 2 characters of a$ and puts them in b$
b$ = Left$(a$, i) ' Returns the first i characters of a$ and puts them in b$
