R: Returns the Left Or the Right Part Of a String

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## Returns the Left Or the Right Part Of a String

### Description

Returns the left part or the right part of a string. The number of characters are defined by the argument `n`. If `n` is negative, this number of characters will be cut off from the other side.

### Usage

    StrLeft(x, n)
    StrRight(x, n)

### Arguments

`x` | a vector of strings.
`n` | a positive or a negative integer, the number of characters to cut. If n is negative, this number of characters will be cut off from the right with `StrLeft` and from the right with `StrRight`. n will be recycled.

### Details

The functions `StrLeft` and `StrRight` are simple wrappers to `substr`.

### Value

the left (right) n characters of x

### Author(s)

Andri Signorell <andri@signorell.net>

### See Also

`substr`, `StrTrim`

### Examples

    StrLeft("Hello world!", n=5)
    StrLeft("Hello world!", n=-5)

    StrRight("Hello world!", n=6)
    StrRight("Hello world!", n=-6)

    StrLeft(c("Lorem", "ipsum", "dolor","sit","amet"), n=2)

    StrRight(c("Lorem", "ipsum", "dolor","sit","amet"), n=c(2,3))

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