AnsiLeftStr

Copies a number of characters starting at the left of a string

Declaration

Source position: strutils.pp line 91

  function AnsiLeftStr(const AText: AnsiString; const ACount: SizeInt)
                       : AnsiString;

Description

AnsiLeftStr returns the ACount leftmost characters from AText. If ACount is larger than the length of AText, only as much characters as available in AText will be copied. If ACount is zero or negative, no characters will be copied. The characters are counted as characters, not as Bytes.

This function corresponds to the Visual Basic LeftStr function.

Errors

None.

See also

Name	Description
AnsiMidStr	Returns a number of characters copied from a given location in a string
AnsiRightStr	Copies a number of characters starting at the right of a string
LeftBStr	Copies Count characters starting at the left of a string.
LeftStr	Copies Count characters starting at the left of a string.
MidBStr	Copies a number of characters starting at a given position in a string.
MidStr	Copies a number of characters starting at a given position in a string.
RightBStr	Copy a given number of characters (bytes), counting from the right of a string.
RightStr	Copy a given number of characters, counting from the right of a string.