= LEFT( text, position )

The LEFT command replaces the leftmost characters in the destination string with the equivalent characters from the given strings. The command has two parameters.

The first parameter is the string expression to change.

The second parameter is a numeric expression, indicating how many characters to return. If 0, an empty string (“”) is returned. On the other hand, if greater than or equal to the number of characters in string, the entire string is returned, untouched.

To determine the number of characters in string, you should use the LEN function.

  x = LEFT( "TEST", 2 )

See also the following example files:

• strings_left_01.bas

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• Atari (400/800)
• Atari XL/XE
• Commodore 128 (MOS 8502)
• Commodore 128 (Zilog Z80)
• Commodore 64
• Commodore 64+REU
• TRS-80 Color Computer
• TRS-80 Color Computer 3
• ColecoVision
• Amstrad CPC 664
• Dragon 32
• Dragon 64
• Thomson MO5
• Thomson MO5
• Olivetti Prodest PC128
• Commodore PLUS/4
• SEGA SC-3000
• SEGA SG-1000
• VG-5000
• Commodore VIC-20
• ZX Spectrum 48

RIGHT (function) RIGHT MID (function) MID LEN

If you have encountered a problem using this command, if you think there is a bug or the explanation is unclear, please open an issue for this keyword on GitHub. Thank you!