Returns a specified number of characters from a character expression, starting with the leftmost character.

LEFTC(cExpression, nExpression)

Parameters

cExpression

Specifies the character expression from which LEFTC( ) returns characters.

nExpression

Specifies the number of characters returned from the character expression. If nExpression is greater than the length of cExpression, all of the character expression is returned. The empty string is returned if nExpression is negative or 0.

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