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

VARCHAR

Examples

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