left Function
| Function: | Returns len leftmost characters of a string sourcestring. | 
| Syntax: | left(byref sourcestr as string, len as byte) as string | 
| See Also: | 
| Part | Description | 
| sourcestr | String from which to take len leftmost characters. | 
| len | Number of characters to take. | 
Examples
Tibbo BASIC
					ss = left("ABCDE",3) ' result will be 'ABC