string_left

COPY/// string_left(str,num)
//
//  Returns a number of characters from the start of a string.
//  If the number of characters given is negative,
//  the string will be shortened by that amount.
//
//      str         string of text, string
//      num         number of characters, real
//
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{
    if (argument1 < 0)
        return string_copy(argument0, 1, string_length(argument0) + argument1);
    else
        return string_copy(argument0, 1, argument1);
}