Take From Left
Returns the first characters of a text, as many as you choose.
Take From Left returns the first characters of a text, for example the first 3 characters of a product code or the year at the start of a date text.
Take From Left was previously called String Left.
Add the action
In the Process Designer toolbox, open String and pick Take From Left (or type Take From Left in the search box).
Inputs and outputs
| Field | Direction | Type | Required | What to put / what you get |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input String | Input | Text | Yes | The text to take characters from. |
| Number of characters | Input | Integer | Yes | How many characters to return, counted from the left. |
| Result | Output | Text | Yes | The first characters of the text. |
Example
| Input String | Number of characters | Result |
|---|---|---|
Hello world | 5 | Hello |
Hello | 50 | Hello |
Hello | 0 | (empty text) |
Hello | -2 | (empty text) |
Good to know
- Asking for more characters than the text has is safe: you get the whole text.
- A number of
0or less gives an empty text. The step does not fail. - An empty input gives an empty result.