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Return a specified number of leftmost or rightmost characters in a string.
 
LEFT$(stringexpression$,n%)
RIGHT$(stringexpression$,n%)
 
    ■ stringexpression$    Any string expression.
    ■ n%                   The number of characters to return, beginning
                           with the leftmost or rightmost string character.
 
Example:
    a$ = "Microsoft QBasic"
    PRINT LEFT$(a$, 5)     'Output is:  Micro
    PRINT RIGHT$(a$, 5)    'Output is:  Basic
 
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