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GT_STRLEFT()

Find length of prefix of a string
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 Syntax

        GT_StrLeft(<cStr>, <cChars>) --> nLen  

 Arguments

        <cStr>     - The input string <cChars> - The set of characters 
                  to find

 Returns

       nLen      - The length of the prefix found.    

 Description

      Return the length of the leading segment in the passed string  <cStr>
      that consists solely of the characters in the character  set
      <cChars>.

      If no characters in the the search set are found, the function  shall
      return 0

 Examples

      ? GT_StrLeft("this is a test", "hsit ")       // prints 8
      ? GT_StrLeft("this is a test", "hit a")       // prints 3
      ? GT_StrLeft("this is a test", "zxy")         // prints 0

Status

      Ready

 Files

      Library is libgt
      Library is libgt