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LEFT

left​

Description​

Syntax​

VARCHAR left (VARCHAR str, INT len)

It returns the left part of a string of specified length, length is char length not the byte size. Another alias for this function is strleft.

example​

mysql> select left("Hello doris",5);
+------------------------+
| left('Hello doris', 5) |
+------------------------+
| Hello |
+------------------------+

keywords​

LEFT