LEFT

Returns leftmost characters from text.

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Returns: Text

Examples

=LEFT("spreadsheet", 6)

Result spread

Syntax

LEFT(text, [num_chars])

text: text required
num_chars: number optional defaults to 1

ASCConverts full-width characters to half-width. BAHTTEXTSpells a number as thai baht and satang. CHARReturns the character for a character-set code. CLEANRemoves non-printable characters. CODENumeric code of the first character. CONCATJoins multiple text strings into one.