Extracts a specified number of the leftmost bytes in a string using the platform-specified character set.

Syntax

LeftBP[$] ( expr , n )

Elements

expr

Any numeric or String expression for LeftBP; and any Variant or String expression for LeftBP$. If expr is numeric, LotusScript converts it to a string before performing the extraction.

The number of bytes to be returned using the platform-specified character set.

LeftBP returns a Variant of DataType 8 (a String), and LeftBP$ returns a String.

If n is 0, the function returns the empty string (""). If n is greater than the length (in bytes) of expr, the function returns the entire string.

LeftBP(NULL) returns NULL. LeftBP$(NULL) is an error.

If a double-byte character is divided, the character is not included.

Example
See Also

LotusScript Language Reference: I through L
Left function
LeftB function
LeftC function
Len function
LenB function
LenBP function
Mid function
Mid statement
MidBP function
Right function
RightBP function

Glossary