Laser 128 - Left

BASIC COMMANDS AND STATEMENTS
3.30 LEFT$
Purpose: Returns a specified number of
characters from the left-hand
side of a character string.
Format: LEFT$ (string$ , n)
Comments: The number n must be betw ee n
1 and 255, and if it is greater
than the length of string$, then
the LEFT$ function will return
the entire string str ing$ to the
program.
Example:
LEFT$ works similarly to the
RIGHT$ and MID$ string
functions.
] I 0 A$ = "Computer"
] 20 B$ = "is ok".
] 30 PRINT LEFT$(B$, 1)
] 40 PRINT LEFT$ (A$, 8)
]RUN
1
Computer
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