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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <html><head><title>Left Function [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03120303"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css">
  3.  
  4.         p.P1{
  5.                 }
  6.         p.P2{
  7.                 }
  8.         span.T1{
  9.                 font-weight:bold;}
  10.         </style></head><body>
  11.   
  12.   
  13.   <help:to-be-embedded Eid="left" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><a name="left"/>
  14.   <p class="Head1"><help:link Id="66381">Left Function [Runtime]</help:link></p>
  15.   <p class="Paragraph">Returns the leftmost n characters of a string expression.</p>
  16.   </help:to-be-embedded>
  17.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Syntax</span>:</p>
  18.   <p class="Paragraph">Left (Text As String, n As Integer) <help:key-word value="Left" tag="kw66381_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
  19.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Return value</span>:</p>
  20.   <p class="Paragraph">String</p>
  21.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Parameter</span>:</p>
  22.   <p class="Paragraph">Text: Any string expression from which to return the leftmost characters.</p>
  23.   <p class="Paragraph">n: Integer expression that specifies the number of characters to return. If <span class="T1">n</span> = 0 a zero-length string is returned.</p>
  24.   <p class="Paragraph">The following example converts a date in the format (YYYY.MM.DD) to the format (MM/DD/YYYY).</p>
  25.   <p class="P2">Example:</p>
  26.   <p class="PropText">Sub ExampleUSDate</p>
  27.   <p class="PropText">Dim sInput As String</p>
  28.   <p class="PropText">Dim sUS_date As String</p>
  29.   <p class="PropText">sInput = InputBox("Please input a date in the international format 'YYYY-MM-DD'")</p>
  30.   <p class="PropText">sUS_date = Mid(sInput, 6, 2)</p>
  31.   <p class="PropText">sUS_date = sUS_date & "/"</p>
  32.   <p class="PropText">sUS_date = sUS_date & <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>Right(sInput, 2)</p>
  33.   <p class="PropText">sUS_date = sUS_date & "/"</p>
  34.   <p class="PropText">sUS_date = sUS_date & Left(sInput, 4)</p>
  35.   <p class="PropText">MsgBox sUS_date</p>
  36.   <p class="PropText">End Sub</p>
  37.   <p class="PropText"/>
  38.  </body></html>