%set(name,left)
%set(description,"Extract left-aligned substrings by length.

Returns no more than \"length\" characters in \"string\".
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%set(syntax,"%%left\(string,length\)")
%set(example,"%%left\(xyz,2\) => xy")
%set(seealso,mid|right)
%set(authorip,71.111.229.37)
%set(authorlogin,erik)
%set(author,)