EntityFunctions.Left(String, Nullable<Int64>) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data.Objects

Assembly:

System.Data.Entity.dll

Invokes the canonical Left function. For information about the canonical Left function, see String Canonical Functions.

public:
 static System::String ^ Left(System::String ^ stringArgument, Nullable<long> length);

[System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("Edm", "Left")]
public static string Left (string stringArgument, long? length);

[<System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("Edm", "Left")>]
static member Left : string * Nullable<int64> -> string

Public Shared Function Left (stringArgument As String, length As Nullable(Of Long)) As String

Parameters

stringArgument

String

A valid string expression.

length

Nullable<Int64>

The number of characters to return.

Returns

String

The leftmost length number of characters of stringArgument.

Attributes

EdmFunctionAttribute

Remarks

You cannot call this function directly. This function can only appear within a LINQ to Entities query.

This function is translated to a corresponding function in the database.