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Left [Statement] |
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| Applies to |       |
| Syntax | Left(StringItem, SectionExpression) = NewExpression |
| Action | [Statement] Assigns to the left most portion of a string. |
| Scope | Usable anywhere. |
| Notes | The left most characters (defined by SectionExpression) are removed from StringItem. NewExpression is then inserted at the start of StringItem, in a cut-and-paste style operation. You cannot insert characters beyond the maximum size of string (remember that trailing spaces in fields and workareas are ignored). This statement works in a similar way as the [ ] notation, which you can use to assign to a single character in a string. Note that you can also use left as a function, to return part of a string. This feature is described separately, in the previous section. |
| Category | String handling |
| See Also | ChrList, Chrs, Compare, Fill, IsNumber, Left_Function, Len, Match, Maxlen, Mid_Function, Remove, Replace, Right_Function], Search_SearchNext, SetLen, SetMaxLen, SortOrder, SubstituteData |
| Example | The following example changes the contents of the variable txt from "statement" to "function". string txt |