Left function
Summary
Leftmost characters.
Syntax
Left(string, length)
The Left function syntax has these named arguments:
Part
Description
stringRequired. String expression from which the leftmost characters are returned. If string contains Null, Null is returned.
lengthRequired; Variant (Long). Numeric expression indicating how many characters to return. If 0, a zero-length string ("") is returned. If greater than or equal to the number of characters in string, the entire string is returned.
Part
Description
stringRequired. String expression from which the leftmost characters are returned. If string contains Null, Null is returned.
lengthRequired; Variant (Long). Numeric expression indicating how many characters to return. If 0, a zero-length string ("") is returned. If greater than or equal to the number of characters in string, the entire string is returned.
Example
Example
This example uses the Left function to return a specified number of characters from the left side of a string.
Dim AnyString, MyStr
AnyString = "Hello World" ' Define string.
MyStr = Left(AnyString, 1) ' Returns "H".
MyStr = Left(AnyString, 7) ' Returns "Hello W".
MyStr = Left(AnyString, 20) ' Returns "Hello World".
This example uses the Left function to return a specified number of characters from the left side of a string.
Dim AnyString, MyStr
AnyString = "Hello World" ' Define string.
MyStr = Left(AnyString, 1) ' Returns "H".
MyStr = Left(AnyString, 7) ' Returns "Hello W".
MyStr = Left(AnyString, 20) ' Returns "Hello World".