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LeftStr

Copies Count characters starting at the left of a string.

Declaration

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function LeftStr(

  const AText: AnsiString;

  const ACount: Integer

):AnsiString;

function LeftStr(

  const AText: WideString;

  const ACount: Integer

):WideString;

Arguments

AText

  

String to copy characters from.

ACount

  

Number of characters to copy.

Function result

First N characters of the string.

Arguments

AText

  

String to copy characters from.

ACount

  

Number of characters to copy.

Function result

First N characters of the string.

Description

LeftStr returns a string containing the leftmost ACount characters from the string AText . If ACount is larger than the length (in characters) of AText , only as many characters as available are returned.

Errors

None.

See also

LeftBStr

  

Copies Count characters starting at the left of a string.

AnsiLeftStr

  

Copies a number of characters starting at the left of a string

RightStr

  

Copy a given number of characters, counting from the right of a string.

MidStr

  

Copies a number of characters starting at a given position in a string.

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