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Extract 3 characters from a string (starting from left)
The LEFT() function extracts a number of characters from a string (starting from left).
LEFT(string, number_of_chars)
Parameter | Description |
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string | Required. The string to extract from |
number_of_chars | Required. The number of characters to extract. If this parameter is larger than the number of characters in string, this function will return string |
Works in: | From MySQL 4.0 |
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Extract 5 characters from the text in the "CustomerName" column (starting from left):
SELECT LEFT(CustomerName, 5) AS ExtractString
FROM Customers;