LEFT$
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Function
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**LEFT$** returns the first n characters from a designated string.
Either string or n may be expressions.

Syntax
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LEFT$("STRING”,N)

where string is a string expression N is the number of left most
characters.

Examples
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::

   10 A$ ="ABCDEFG"
   20 B$ = LEFT$(A$,3)
   30 PRINT B$

prints ABC.

Remarks
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``LEFT$(A$,0)`` returns a Null String i.e. ""

``LEFT$(A$,50)`` returns ABCDEFG

N cannot be negative or a "MAG" error will result.