LEFT$

Extract characters from the left side of a string

Syntax

LEFT$ string$, length% OUT substring$

Parameter	Description
`string$`	A string
`length%`	The number of characters to extract. Can’t be less than 0. If greater than the length of `string$`, the entire string is returned.

Output	Description
`substring$`	The leftmost `length%` characters of `string$`

LEFT$ always returns a new string, even if length% is greater than or equal to the length of string$.

PRINT LEFT$("TEST",2) ' TE
PRINT LEFT$("AAAAA",200) ' AAAAA

Error	Cause
Out of range	`length%` is less than 0