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LEFT$ - a string processing function that returns a string consisting
        of the leftmost n characters of a string
 
Syntax
  LEFT$(stringexpression,n)
    ■ stringexpression is a string constant, string variable, or string
      expression
    ■ n, a numeric expression, must have a value between 0 and 32,767.
      If n is zero, the null string (a zero-length string) is returned.
 
See Also  ◄MID$ Function► - to see how to extract n characters from the
                            middle of a screen
          ◄RIGHT$► - to see how to extract the n right-most characters