left

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Summary

Function: string left( string src, string divider );

Returns text left of a specified separator
Returns a string that is the text in src that is left of the first occurrence of divider.

• string src
• string divider

If divider is not found then src is returned in it's entirety.

See also: Right

Specification

<lsl>string left(string src, string divider) {

   integer index = llSubStringIndex( src, divider );
   if(~index)
       return llDeleteSubString( src, index, -1);
   return src;

}</lsl>

Examples

<lsl>string value = left("Colour=Brown", "="); //value == "Colour"</lsl>