LEFT

Library: #include <string.bas>

Returns the first n chars of a string

Syntax

left(s$, N)

Returns a substring of s$ of at most N characters starting from the left side.

• If the string length is shorter than N, the entire string will be returned.

left(s$, N) is equivalent to s$(TO N - 1)

Examples

# include <string.bas>

PRINT left("HELLO WORLD", 5)

Will print HELLO.

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# include <string.bas>

PRINT left("HELLO WORLD", 20)

This will print HELLO WORLD. Despite asking for 20 chars, the string contains just 11 chars, so we get the entire string (they won't be filled with spaces).

See also

• mid
• right

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