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    LeftStr

    Return a number of characters starting at the left of a string.

    Declaration

    Source position: sysstrh.inc line 322

    function LeftStr(const S: string; Count: Integer) : string;

    Description

    LeftStr returns the Count leftmost characters of S. It is equivalent to a call to Copy(S,1,Count).

    Errors

    None.

    See also

    Name Description
    RightStr Return a number of characters from a string, starting at the end.
    TrimLeft Trim whitespace from the beginning of a string.
    TrimRight Trim whitespace from the end of a string.
    Trim Trim whitespace from the ends of a string.

    Example

    Program Example76;

{ This program demonstrates the LeftStr function }

Uses sysutils;

Begin
  Writeln (LeftStr('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',20));
  Writeln (LeftStr('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',15));
  Writeln (LeftStr('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',1));
  Writeln (LeftStr('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',200));
End.