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LEFT(<string>,<length>,[<padchar>])
      returns a string

The result is a string of <length> characters made up of the leftmost
characters in <string>. If <length> is greater than the length of
<string>, then the string returned is filled out on the right with
<padchar> -- a quick way to left-justify a string.

The default pad character is a blank.

   Example:
         say left('never to stop saying',13);      >>> never to stop
         say left('Widget', 12)'|'                 >>> Widget      |
         say left('No', 4, '!')                    >>> No!!

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