LEFT

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4D v20

4D SQL Reference

Functions

LEFT



	Command LEFLEFT (arithmetic_expression, arithmetic_expression)

Description

The LEFT function returns the leftmost part of the arithmetic_expression passed. The second arithmetic_expression indicates the number of leftmost characters to return as extracted from the first arithmetic_expression indicated.

Example

This example returns the first names and first two letters of the last names from the PEOPLE table:

SELECT FirstName, LEFT(LastName, 2)
FROM PEOPLE;