Method

Left

Warning

This item was deprecated in version 2019r2. Please use String.Left as a replacement.

Description

Returns the first n characters in a source string.

result = sourceVariable.Left(count)

Part	Type	Description
result	String	The first count characters of source.
sourceVariable	String	The source string from which to get the characters.
count	Integer	The number of characters you wish to get from source.

The Left function returns characters from the source string starting from the Left side (as the name implies).

If you need to read bytes rather than characters, use the MemoryBlock class.

This example returns the first five characters in a string.

Var source As String = "Hello World"
source = source.Left(5) ' returns "Hello"

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