LEFT

Returns the leftmost len characters from the string str, or NULL if any argument is NULL.

Syntax

LEFT(str,len);

Arguments

Arguments	Description
str	The main string from where the character to be extracted
len	The count of characters

Return Type

String data type value.

Examples

SELECT LEFT('foobarbar', 5);
+----------------------+
| LEFT('foobarbar', 5) |
+----------------------+
| fooba                |
+----------------------+