A string function which returns the left 'num' characters of the string. If there are insufficient characters in the source string, all the characters are returned.
There must not be any spaces between LEFT$ and the opening bracket.
newstring$=LEFT$(A$,num) A$=LEFT$(A$,2) A$=LEFT$(RIGHT$(A$,3),2)
For example,
10 name$="BBCBASIC(Z80)" 20 FOR i=3 TO 14 30 PRINT LEFT$(name$,i) 40 NEXT 50 END
would print
BBC BBCB BBCBA BBCBAS BBCBASI BBCBASIC BBCBASIC( BBCBASIC(Z BBCBASIC(Z8 BBCBASIC(Z80 BBCBASIC(Z80) BBCBASIC(Z80)
Syntax
<s-var>=LEFT$(<str>,<numeric>)