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LEFT(<expC>, <expN>)

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Returns leftmost characters from a character expression.
Return value - Character
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The LEFT() function returns a specified number of characters from a
character expression <expC>.  The character expression may be a
character string, the name of a memo field or the name of a character
field.

The number of characters returned, starting with the leftmost character,
is specified by <expN>.  If <expN> is greater than the length of <expC>,
the entire string is returned.  If <expN> is less than or equal to 0,
the null string is returned.

The LEFT() function works the same as the SUBSTR() function with a
starting position of one (1).

Clauses
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<expC>
        Character expression from which characters are to be returned.

<expN>
        Number of characters to be returned.

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|             Examples            |
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? LEFT('Perrysburg, OH', 10)

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See Also:  AT(), LTRIM(), RTRIM(), RIGHT(), SUBSTR()

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