Left

Returns a substring that begins at the start of a given string.

Usage

Left(string, number)

string (required) The string from which a left substring will be returned.

number (required) The desired length of the returned substring. A negative number removes the number of characters from the end of the string.

Example

Left("Dec. 12, 1950", 3)

• Returns “Dec”

Left("St. Louis", 20)

• Returns “St. Louis”

• If number is greater than the length of string, the result is the original string.

Left("San Francisco", -5)

• Returns “San Fran” because it is the result of removing 5 letters from the end.