LEFT( )
Extracts a substring from a string, starting from the left-most, or first, character.
Syntax
Arguments
The string from which to extract a substring.
The number of characters to extract, starting from the first character.
Returns
A substring of a specific length.
nExample
The following example displays the first letter of each name in the CustomerName data field.
The following example uses the LEFT( ) and FIND( ) functions to display the characters preceding the hyphen in a product code.
LEFT([ProductCode], FIND("-", [ProductCode]))If the product code is ModelA-1234, LEFT( ) returns the following string: