LEFT()

Purpose

Function to extract substring from left

Syntax

LEFT(<expC> | <memofield>, <expN>)

See Also

AT(), ATNEXT(), INLIST(), OCCURS(), RAT(), RIGHT(), SET STRESCAPE, STR(), STREXTRACT(), STRTRAN(), STUFF(), SUBSTR()

Description

The LEFT() function extracts a substring from the left of the character expression <expC> or memo <memofield> of width <expN> characters wide. The LEFT() function can be used on character fields in index expressions to extract part of the field in the index key.

Example

? left("Christopher",5)
Chris