LEFT Function

Left aligns a SAS character expression

Category: Character

Syntax

LEFT ( argument )

Arguments

argument

• specifies any SAS character expression.

Details

If the LEFT function returns a value to a variable that has not yet been assigned a length, by default the variable length is determined by the length of the first argument.

LEFT returns an argument with leading blanks moved to the end of the value. The argument's length does not change.

Examples

SAS Statements	Results
	----+----1----+
a=' DUE DATE'; b=left(a); put b;	DUE DATE

See Also

Functions:

• 'COMPRESS Function' on page 458

• 'RIGHT Function' on page 787

• 'TRIM Function' on page 862