LEFTB

LEFTB(arg1, arg2) → { string }

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:

Name Type Description
arg1 string

The text string containing the characters to extract.

arg2 number

A number of the substring characters, based on bytes.

Returns:

Type
string

Example

Copy code
builder.CreateFile("xlsx");
var oWorksheet = Api.GetActiveSheet();
var oFunction = Api.GetWorksheetFunction();
oWorksheet.GetRange("A1").SetValue(oFunction.LEFTB("Online Office", 6));
builder.SaveFile("xlsx", "LEFTB.xlsx");
builder.CloseFile();

Resulting document