LEFT$

Copy a number of characters from the start of a string. * Syntax ```sbsyntax LEFT$ string$, length% OUT substring$ ``` |* Input | Output | | `string$` | The string to copy characters from. | | `length%` | The number of characters to copy. | |* Output | Description | | `substring$` | A string consisting of the first `length%` characters of `string$`. | * Examples ```sb4 'get the first word PRINT LEFT$("Hello, world!",5) ``` ```sb4 'this will be empty PRINT LEFT$("abcde",0) ```