EntityFunctions.Left(String, Nullable<Int64>) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Data.Objects

Assembly:: System.Data.Entity.dll

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Invokes the canonical Left function. For information about the canonical Left function, see String Canonical Functions.

public:
 static System::String ^ Left(System::String ^ stringArgument, Nullable<long> length);

[System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("Edm", "Left")]
public static string Left (string stringArgument, long? length);

[<System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("Edm", "Left")>]
static member Left : string * Nullable<int64> -> string

Public Shared Function Left (stringArgument As String, length As Nullable(Of Long)) As String

Parameters

stringArgument: String

A valid string expression.

length: Nullable<Int64>

The number of characters to return.

Returns

String

The leftmost length number of characters of stringArgument.

Attributes: EdmFunctionAttribute

Remarks

You cannot call this function directly. This function can only appear within a LINQ to Entities query.

This function is translated to a corresponding function in the database.

Applies to