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{{mirc title|$left Identifier}}'''$left''' is a {{mIRC|string manipulation}} identifier used to return characters from the left side of a string.
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{{mIRC Guide}}
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'''$left''' is a {{mIRC|string manipulation}} identifier used to return characters from the left side of a string.
  
 
== Synopsis ==
 
== Synopsis ==
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<span style="display: inline-block; width: 105px;">'''<string>'''</span>The string to manipulate
 
<span style="display: inline-block; width: 105px;">'''<string>'''</span>The string to manipulate
  
<span style="display: inline-block; width: 105px;">'''<length>'''</span>The length or number of characters to remove from the original string. <length> can be a positive or negative. Using 0 returns $null (0 characters).
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<span style="display: inline-block; width: 105px;">'''<length>'''</span>The length or number of characters to remove from the original string. <length> can be a positive or negative. It cannot be 0.
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If the length provided is positive, $left will return the <length> characters from the left of the string.
 
If the length provided is positive, $left will return the <length> characters from the left of the string.
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; abcd</syntaxhighlight>
 
; abcd</syntaxhighlight>
  
If the length provided is negative, $left will return the string except the rightmost <length> characters.
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If the length provided is negative, $left will return the characters in the string minus <length> on the right.
  
<syntaxhighlight lang="mirc">$left(abcdefg, -2)
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<syntaxhighlight lang="mirc">$left(abcdefg, -3)
 
; abcde</syntaxhighlight>
 
; abcde</syntaxhighlight>
  
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; [AB]</syntaxhighlight>
 
; [AB]</syntaxhighlight>
  
== See also ==
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* {{mIRC|string manipulation}}
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== See Also ==
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* {{mIRC|String Manipulation}}
 
* {{mIRC|$right}}
 
* {{mIRC|$right}}
 
* {{mIRC|$mid}}
 
* {{mIRC|$mid}}
* {{mIRC|$pos}}
 
  
{{mIRC identifier list}}
 
  
[[Category:mIRC identifiers|left]]
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[[Category:MIRC identifiers]]

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