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  Per Amundsen, 08/11/2015 09:44 AM 
  
| 1 | 1 | Per Amundsen | _Added in 1.8.10_  | 
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| 3 | *$left*  | 
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| 5 | Returns duration left of the currently playing song in XX:XX format.  | 
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| 7 | _Only works if Media Player is set to iTunes/MediaMonkey/Winamp and proper plugins are installed._  | 
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| 9 | _Added in 1.9.0_  | 
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| 11 | *$left(text,N)*  | 
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| 13 | Returns the N left characters of text.  | 
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| 15 | 3 | Per Amundsen | _If N is a negative value, starts from the end._  | 
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| 17 | 2 | Per Amundsen | *Parameters*  | 
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| 19 | text - Text to substring.  | 
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| 20 | N - The Nth characters to substring by.  | 
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| 22 | *Example*  | 
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| 24 | <pre>  | 
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| 25 | ; Get the left 5 characters from 'Hello World'.  | 
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| 26 | //echo -ag $left(Hello World,5)  | 
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| 28 | ; Get the last 5 characters from 'Hello World'.  | 
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| 29 | //echo -ag $left(Hello World, -5)  | 
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| 30 | </pre>  |