Left

Returns a specified number of characters from the left side of a string.

Structure

Left(string, length)

Parameters

string - String expression from which the leftmost characters are returned. If string contains Null, Null is returned.

length - 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.

Description

To determine the number of characters in string, use the Len function.

Example

The following example uses the Left function to return the first three characters of MyString:

Dim MyString, LeftString

MyString = "VBSCript"

LeftString = Left(MyString, 3) ' LeftString contains 'VBS'.

Note

The LeftB function is used with byte data contained in a string. Instead of specifying the number of characters to return, length specifies the number of bytes. |