HEAP_Left

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HEAP_Left

 

Description

 

Returns left portion of an allocated string giving memory allocation pointer and number of bytes to return

 

Syntax

 

s = HEAP_Left(pMem, nBytes)

 

Returns

 

String

 

Parameters

 

Name

Type

Optional

Meaning

pMem

Number

No

Pointer to allocated string

nBytes

Number

No

Number of bytes to return from the left of the string allocated at pMem

 

Remarks

 

Restrictions

 

pMem MUST be a pointer allocated using any of the HEAP_* functions

 

See also

 

HEAP_Left, HEAP_Mid, HEAP_Right,

 

Examples