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title: "Left"
slug: "left"
updated: 2024-04-16T11:16:20Z
published: 2024-04-16T11:16:20Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/left"
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# Left

### General

The Left function can be used to extract left characters from a String.

### Syntax

The syntax of the Left function is:

          Left Function Syntax

          

Left(<value>, <length>)

### Examples

The following Expression returns a String that contains the 4 left characters of the value of variable vTest of a Datasource named Consumer Sales:

          Left Function Example

          

Left([Datasource].[Consumer Sales].[Variable].[vTest], 4)