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LEFT

Returns the leftmost characters of a string.

IEC 61131-3

Section 2.5.1.5.7

Support

Supported

Signatures

#

Input (IN)

Input (L)

Return Type

Support

1

STRING

INT

STRING

Supported

2

WSTRING

INT

WSTRING

Not yet supported

Description

Returns the leftmost L characters of IN. If L is greater than or equal to the length of IN, the entire string is returned.

Example

See Also

  • RIGHT — right substring

  • MID — middle substring

  • LEN — string length