Left (strings) Purpose Returns a string containing the leftmost characters of a string argument. Syntax Left (StringExpression, NumericExpression) StringExpression Any valid string. NumericExpression Any valid integer greater than or equal to 0. If NumericExpression is greater than or equal to the length of StringExpression, the entire string is returned. Example Sub Main()         Dim s As String, Ioc As Integer         s = "the quick fox jumps over the dog"         Ioc = InStr(s, " ")             'find the first occurrence of a space character         If Ioc<>0 Then                 Print "The first word in the sentence is:"; Left(s, Ioc - 1)                 Print "The rest of the sentence is:"; Right(s, Len(s) - Ioc)         Else                 print "Invalid sentence (no spaces)."         End If End Sub