LeftStr

Name

LeftStr -- return the n leftmost characters of a string

Synopsis

var$ = LeftStr(string$, len[, encoding])

Function

This function returns the len leftmost characters of string$.

The optional encoding parameter can be used to set the character encoding to use. This defaults to the default string encoding set using SetDefaultEncoding(). See Character encodings for details.

Inputs

string$: source string
len: number of characters to return
encoding: optional: character encoding to use (defaults to default string encoding) (V7.0)

Results

var$: resulting string

Example

test$ = LeftStr("Hello World!", 5)
Print(test$)

This will print "Hello" to the screen.

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