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<refentry id="fn_left">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>left</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>string</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>left</refname>
<refpurpose>returns substring taken from left of string argument</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis id="fsyn_left">
<funcprototype id="fproto_left">
<funcdef><function>left</function></funcdef>
<paramdef><parameter>str</parameter> string</paramdef>
<paramdef><parameter>count</parameter> integer</paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="desc_left"><title>Description</title>
<para>left returns a subsequence of string str, taking count characters from the
beginning of the string.
</para>
<para>
If count is zero an empty string '' is returned.
</para>
<para>
If length of str is less than count then a copy of the whole str is
returned.
</para>
<screen>left('AbracadabrA',4) -> 'Abra'</screen>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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