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| Description |  | The AnsiLeftStr extracts characters from the left of a string. 
 It attempts to return the leftmost Count characters from Source.
 
 If Count exceeds the size of the source, the whole of source is returned.
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| AnsiMidStr |  | Returns a substring from the middle characters of a string |  
| AnsiRightStr |  | Extracts characters from the right of a string |  
| Trim |  | Removes leading and trailing blanks from a string |  
| TrimLeft |  | Removes leading blanks from a string |  
| TrimRight |  | Removes trailing blanks from a string |  |  |  | 
| Example code : A simple example |  | var source, target : AnsiString;
 begin
 source := '123456789';
 target := AnsiLeftStr(source, 3);
 
 ShowMessage('Source = '+source);
 ShowMessage('Target = '+target);
 end;
 
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| Show full unit code |  | Source = 123456789 Target = 123
 
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