LEFT$

This command will return a string containing the leftmost characters of the string that was provided.

  Syntax 
Return String=LEFT$(String,Value)
  Parameters 
String
String
The string the command will use 
Value
Integer
How many characters to return from string

  Returns

The value returned is the leftmost characters of the specified string

  Description

If the value is greater than the number of characters in the string then the entire string is return. If the value is negative or zero then an empty string is returned. The value provided should ideally be a positive integer value.

  Example Code 
PRINT "hello world  left:";LEFT$("hello world",5);"  mid:";MID$("hello world",5);"  right:";RIGHT$("hello world",5)

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