Left
Returns the specified numberOfCharacters in text, counting from the left.
Format
Left ( text ; numberOfCharacters )
Parameters
text - any text expression or text field
numberOfCharacters - any numeric expression or field containing a number
Data type returned
text
Originated in version
6.0 or earlier
Example 1
Left ( "Manufacturing" ; 4 ) returns Manu.
Example 2
Left ( Name ; Position ( Name ; " " ; 1 ; 1 ) - 1 ) returns Sophie, when the Name field contains Sophie Tang.
Example 3
Left ( PostalCode ; 3 ) & Upper ( Left ( LastName ; 4 ) ) returns 481JOHN when the PostalCode field contains 48187 and LastName contains Johnson.