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'This example uses the LEFT$ function to print the leftmost five characters
'of a string.
 
CLS                'Clear screen.
A$="BASIC LANGUAGE"
B$=LEFT$(A$, 5)
PRINT B$
 
'Sample Output
'
'BASIC