LEFTB

function LEFTB(arg1: string = null, arg2: number = null): string

Description

Extracts the substring from the specified string starting from the left character and is intended for languages that use the double-byte character set (DBCS) like Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc.

Parameters

arg1stringdefault: null

The text string containing the characters to extract.

arg2numberdefault: null

A number of the substring characters, based on bytes.

Returns

string

Try It

var oWorksheet = Api.GetActiveSheet();
var oFunction = Api.GetWorksheetFunction();
oWorksheet.GetRange("A1").SetValue(oFunction.LEFTB("Online Office", 6));

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