`LEFT`

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The function LEFT returns the count leftmost characters / bytes in an expression.

SQL Syntax:		`LEFT`( expression, count )
Parameters:		expression Any data type of expressions. If it isn't a binary type then it will convert first to a string data type. count The count of characters / bytes that should be return.
Escape Syntax:		{fn `LEFT`( expression, count ) }
Return Type:		A character string or binary data type depending of the data type of the expression.

Examples:

see also:
SQL String Functions
RIGHT
SUBSTRING