Block Group: | String Operations |
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The Left block returns the specified number of characters from the left end of a string.
The following properties of the Left block can take input and give output.
input specifies the text string that contains the characters to extract.
length specifies how many characters to extract.
The following property of the Left block can give output but cannot take input.
The following are special cases for the Left block:
In this example, the Left block extracts the leftmost five characters in "Final Price" and returns "Final."