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Ansileftstr - extracts characters from the left of a string strutils unit

function AnsiLeftStr ( const Source : AnsiString; const Count : Integer ) : AnsiString; Description The AnsiLeftStr extracts characters from the left of a string. It attempts to return the leftmost Count characters from Source. If Count exceeds the size of the source, the whole of source is returned. Related commands AnsiMidStr Returns a substring from the middle characters of a string AnsiRightStr Extracts characters from the right of a string Example code : A simple example var source, target : AnsiString; begin source := '123456789'; target := AnsiLeftStr(source, 3); ShowMessage('Source = '+source); ShowMessage('Target = '+target); end; Show full unit code Source = 123456789 Target = 123