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.

example

1. mysql> select left("Hello doris",5);
2. +------------------------+
3. | left('Hello doris', 5) |
4. +------------------------+
5. | Hello                  |
6. +------------------------+

keywords

1. LEFT