String Intrinsic Functions - LeftMost Method
Get the left most characters from the string
Member of String Intrinsic Functions (PRIM_LIBI.ICommonStringIntrinsics)
Name |
Type |
Data Type |
Description |
Result |
*Result (Optional) |
String |
Resulting characters |
Characters |
*Input (Optional) |
Integer |
Number of characters to return |
Pad |
*Input (Optional) |
String |
Pad character used to replace blanks in the result |
LeftMost returns the first n characters of a string. If the string does not have enough characters, the remaining space can be padded.
In this example, if #String contained ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, the result would be ABCDEFGHIJKLM
#Com_owner.Caption := #String.LeftMost( 13 )
In this example, if #String contained ABCDEFGHI the result would be ABCDEFGHI****
#Com_owner.Caption := #String.LeftMost( 13 "*" )
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