E r g e b n i s / R e s u l t
Liefert die meist ausgelassenen n Charakter aus einem String
Returns the left-most n characters of a string
B e s c h r e i b u n g / D e s c r i p t i o n
This function returns a string composed of the left-most characters of
a string passed to it. The user tells the function how many characters
to return.
S y n t a x
Code:
answer = call ('LEFT' , string , value) P a r a m e t e r
string - is any string or constant
value - is an integer, specifying the length of the string returned.
If the value is larger than the length of the string then the entire
string is returned. If the value is less than 0 then a zero length string
is returned.
R e t u r n s
Returns a string variable of the length passed to the function.
B e i s p i e l / E x a m p l e
Code:
attach 'string'
put call ('LEFT' , 'Test String' , 4) ! prints Test
a = 'AA Aerospace'
b = call ('LEFT' , a , 1) ! b contains 'A'
detach 'string' Q u e r v e r w e i s / R e f e r e n c e
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