Left function (LotusScript® Language)
Extracts a specified number of the leftmost characters in a string.
Syntax
Left[$] ( expr , n )
Elements
expr
Any numeric or String expression for Left; and any Variant or String expression for Left$. If expr is numeric, LotusScript® converts it to a string before performing the extraction.
n
The number of characters to be returned.
Return value
Left returns a Variant of DataType 8 (a String), and Left$ returns a String.
If n is 0, the function returns the empty string (""). If n is greater than the length (in characters) of expr, the function returns the entire string.
Left(NULL) returns NULL. Left$(NULL) is an error.