Manual:DIL Manual/left()

Function:  string left ( o : string, l : integer );

  o
         the original string to be parsed
  l
         The amount of characters to parse out
  return
         the left portion of the string with length l

This function parses the string passed to it and returns the number
of characters defined in its second argument.

Example:  "short" := left ("shorten me",5);
Example:

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dilbegin aware describe (arg:string);
var
        side:string;
        oneword:stringlist;
        location:string;
        ln:integer;
        args:stringlist;
        temp:string;
        i:integer;
        x:extraptr;
code

dilend

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Function:  string left ( o : string, l : integer );

  o
         the original string to be parsed
  l
         The amount of characters to parse out
  return
         the left portion of the string with length l

This function parses the string passed to it and returns the number
of characters defined in its second argument.

Example:  "short" := left ("shorten me",5);
Example:

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dilbegin aware describe (arg:string);
var
        side:string;
        oneword:stringlist;
        location:string;
        ln:integer;
        args:stringlist;
        temp:string;
        i:integer;
        x:extraptr;
code

dilend

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