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Displaying only the first character of a text field

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Gavroche00

Gavroche00

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Feb 4, 2004
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Hi,

I have seen this before, but don't know where. Went to search and Faq's, but didn't find it. I have a field in my report that shows the name of the person. I only need the first letter. Could someone please remind me what the function is?

Thank you

David
 
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The Left function should do the trick....

Hoc nomen meum verum non est.
 
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