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LEFT Function [Visio 2003 SDK Documentation]

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Returns the first character or characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify.

LEFT(text, [,num_chars_opt])

text The text string that contains the characters you want to extract.

num_chars_opt Optional. The number of characters you want to extract.

Remarks

The value of num_chars_opt must be greater than or equal to zero (0).

If num_chars_opt is greater than the length of the text, LEFT returns all of the text. If num_chars_opt is omitted, it is assumed to be 1.

Example

LEFT ("January 1, 2004", 3)

Returns the value "Jan".