Manuals/calci/LEFT

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LEFT(Text, Number_chars)

where,

  • Text is a text string containing characters to extract,
  • Number_chars represents the number of characters to be extracted.

LEFT() displays the specified number of characters from a text string.

Description

LEFT(Text, Number_chars)

e.g. LEFT("String",2) displays St as a result.

  • LEFT counts 1 byte per characters. LEFT works with the languages that use 'Single Byte Character Set' (SBCS).
  • Text can be any string containing characters, numbers, symbols, blankspaces etc.
  • If argument Text is directly entered in the command, it should be enclosed in double quotes (e.g. "Name").
  • Argument Number_chars indicates the number of characters to be displayed from a text string. Number_chars should be >0.
  • If Number_chars >'length of text', Calci displays the entire text.
  • If Number_chars is omitted, Calci assumes it to be 1.

Examples

Consider the following examples as input to LEFT() function.

Wel-Come
JOHN SMITH
123*123
=LEFT(A1,8) : Displays first 8 characters in a string from cell A1. Displays Wel-Come as the output. 
=LEFT(A2,5) : Displays first 5 characters in a string from cell A2. Displays JOHN  as the output. Space Character is also counted.
=LEFT(A2) : Displays first character J in a string from cell A2 as the output.
=LEFT(A3,4) : Displays first 4 characters in a string from cell A3. Displays 123* as the output.
=LEFT("Good Morning",20) :Displays the full text string Good Morning as the output.

See Also

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