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CHARS_FROM_LEFT

Description

Returns the text being the specified number of the leftmost characters in the provided text

Syntax

CHARS_FROM_LEFT (text, count)

Can be used in the condition of a FIND action.

Parameters

Attribute of the Plain Text type or string constant or calculation producing text and an integer constant indicating the number of characters to retrieve

Returns

Text: the given number of leftmost characters of the text

Example

IF CHARS_FROM_LEFT (Account.Name, 2) = 'Jo' THEN ... 

CHARS_FROM_RIGHT, SUBSTRING, WORDS_FROM_LEFT, LENGTH