VBA-Excel : Strings Functions – Left

Description:

Returns a string containing number of characters specified by the user, starting from left side of the input string.

Format:

Left(strMainString,intLength,)

Arguments:

• strMainString
  • Mandatory
  • Type: String
  • String whose characters to be returned.
  • intLength
    • Mandatory
    • Type: Numeric
    • Number of characters to be returned.
    • If number specified is greater than the string length then entire string is returned.

Function FnLeft()

   Dim mainString

   mainString = "SumitJain"

   intLength = 4

   MsgBox "The first" & intLength & " characters from left are ' " & Left(mainString, intLength) & " '"

End Function

Also Read About  Other String() Functions

INSTR()                       |                         InstrREV()                       |                        LCase()

UCase()                      |                         Left()                                |                        Right()

LTrim()                        |                         Mid()                                 |                        Trim()

RTrim()                       |                        Replace()                          |                        Space()

Len()                           |                        StrComp()                         |                        String()

Happy Macro­ing

Sumit Jain

Also Read:

1. VBA-Excel : Strings Functions – Lcase
2. VBA Excel - Cells, Ranges and Offset: Refer to Cells by Using Shortcut Notation
3. VBA-Excel: Date-Time Functions – Day()
4. VBA Excel - Cells, Ranges and Offset : Offset
5. VBA-Excel: String Functions – strComp()