The LeftStr function returns the substring of the specified length of ACount characters that appears at the starting left side of the string given in Atext.

Declaration: Function LeftStr(const AText : string; const ACount : Integer) : string;

An example is.

procedure OnMapEvent(var Value:Variant);
var
Str1, Str2 : string;
begin
Str1 := 'Kathy Reichs is a forensic anthropologist to the province of Quebec, Canada.'
Str2 := LeftStr(Str1, 12);
LogInfo(Str2); //Result is 'Kathy Reichs'
end;

Also see the RightStr and MidStr functions RightStr and MidStr .