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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.