This function returns the specified leftmost characters from a text value on the basis of the number of bytes in the specified value.
LEFTB(mytext, num_bytes)
This function has the following arguments:
Argument | Description |
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mytext | Refers to the text string that contains the characters you want to extract. |
num_bytes | [Optional] Refers to the number of bytes to extract. If this value is not given, it uses one. If this value is not an integer, the number is truncated. |
The mytext argument can be a string, a formula that returns a string, or a reference to a cell containing a string.
The num_bytes argument has the following rules:
Accepts string data for the first argument and numeric data the second argument. Returns string data.
LEFTB("rheabuto",4) gives the result rhea.
LEFTB("rheabuto") gives th result r.