Tandy 1000 Basic Reference Manual page 198

Chapter
10 I
BASIC
Keywords
LEFT$ Function
LEFT$(string, num ber)
Returns the specified number of characters from the left portion
of string.
Number must be an integer in the range 1 to 255. If number is
equal to or greater than the length of the string, BASIC returns
the entire string.
Examples
prints BATTLE.
P R I N T L E F T S ( " B A T T L E S H I P S " , 6 )
P R I N T L E F T $ C " B I G F I E R C E
DOG",
28)
Since BIG FIERCE DOG is fewer than 20 characters, BASIC
prints the whole phrase.
Sample Program
7 4 0 A $
=
" T I M O T H Y "
7 5 0 E $
=
L E F T $ ( A $ , 3 )
7 6 0 P R I N T E $ ; " - - T H A T ' S SHORT FOR " ; A B
When you run this program, BASIC prints:
T I M - - T H A T ' S SHORT FOR T I M O T H Y
Line 750 gets the 3 left characters of A$ and stores them in
B$.
Line 760 prints these
3
characters, a string, and the original
contents of A$.
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