# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-

#. // _by_left.py

#. // Renvoie la partie gauche demandée dans la chaîne.
def by_left( cStringe, nChars ):
    return cStringe[ : nChars ]

'''
Dernière modification : 2022-02-02

Harbour   : left()
dBasePlus : left()
VBScript  : Left()

[Exemple]

import sys
sys.path.append( "modules" )

from _by_left import by_left

s = "1234567890ABCDEF"                                       # // 16 caractères.
print( "by_left( " + s + ",  0 ) = " + by_left( s,  0 ) )    # ''
print( "by_left( " + s + ",  1 ) = " + by_left( s,  1 ) )    # '1'
print( "by_left( " + s + ",  2 ) = " + by_left( s,  2 ) )    # '12'
print( "by_left( " + s + ", 16 ) = " + by_left( s, 16 ) )    # '1234567890ABCDEF'
print( "by_left( " + s + ", 17 ) = " + by_left( s, 17 ) )    # '1234567890ABCDEF'

[/Exemple]
'''