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* Contributor(s): _______________________________________
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- ************************************************************************--><helpdocument version="1.0">
+ ************************************************************************-->
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+<helpdocument version="1.0">
<meta>
<topic id="textsbasicshared03120303xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
-<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Left Function [Runtime]</title>
+<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Left Function [Runtime]</title>
<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03120303.xhp</filename>
</topic>
<history>
<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
-<lastedited date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
+<lastedited date="2004-09-21T11:53:55">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
</history>
</meta>
<body>
-
-
- <section id="left">
- <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149346"><bookmark_value>Left;function</bookmark_value></bookmark><paragraph id="hd_id3149346" role="heading" level="1" oldref="1" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120303.xhp" name="Left Function [Runtime]">Left Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147242" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="2">Returns the number of leftmost characters that you specify of a string expression.</paragraph>
- </section>
- <paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3156153" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150771" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="4">Left (Text As String, n As Integer)</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3153824" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147530" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="6">String</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3148946" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
- <paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="8"><emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that you want to return the leftmost characters from.</paragraph>
- <paragraph l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3149456" oldref="9"><emph>n:</emph> Integer expression that specifies the number of characters that you want to return. If <emph>n</emph> = 0, a zero-length string is returned.</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150791" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="10">The following example converts a date in YYYY.MM.DD format to MM/DD/YYYY format.</paragraph>
- <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/>
- <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/>
- <paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3125863" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="11">Example:</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144761" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="12">Sub ExampleUSDate</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153194" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="13">Dim sInput As String</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154217" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="14">Dim sUS_date As String</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150448" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="15">sInput = InputBox(&quot;Please input a date in the international format 'YYYY-MM-DD'&quot;)</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149203" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="16">sUS_date = Mid(sInput, 6, 2)</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150439" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="17">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; &quot;/&quot;</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153770" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="18">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; Right(sInput, 2)</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161833" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="19">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; &quot;/&quot;</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147215" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="20">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; Left(sInput, 4)</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149666" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="21">MsgBox sUS_date</paragraph>
- <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153138" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="22">End Sub</paragraph>
-
- </body>
+<section id="left">
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149346"><bookmark_value>Left function</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149346" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120303.xhp" name="Left Function [Runtime]">Left Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147242" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the number of leftmost characters that you specify of a string expression.</paragraph>
+</section>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156153" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150771" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">Left (Text As String, n As Long)</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153824" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147530" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">String</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148946" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
+<emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that you want to return the leftmost characters from.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">
+<emph>n:</emph> Numeric expression that specifies the number of characters that you want to return. If <emph>n</emph> = 0, a zero-length string is returned. The maximum allowed value is 65535.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150791" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">The following example converts a date in YYYY.MM.DD format to MM/DD/YYYY format.</paragraph>
+<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/>
+<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="11">Example:</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3144761" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Sub ExampleUSDate</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153194" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Dim sInput As String</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Dim sUS_date As String</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150448" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">sInput = InputBox("Please input a date in the international format 'YYYY-MM-DD'")</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149203" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">sUS_date = Mid(sInput, 6, 2)</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150439" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; "/"</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153770" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; Right(sInput, 2)</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161833" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; "/"</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147215" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">sUS_date = sUS_date &amp; Left(sInput, 4)</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149666" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">MsgBox sUS_date</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">End Sub</paragraph>
+</body>
</helpdocument>