left

Syntax: %left(s,n)

return the leftmost n characters of the string s

Examples:

#SHOW %left(0815,2)

displays: 08

#SHOW %left("abc~~def",4)

displays

abc~

memory aid:

%left(anystring,@anynumber) plus %right(anystring,@anynumber) is 'anystring'



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