Extract the first 6 characters of a string

[mel_flynn]

How can I extract the first 6 characters of a string?

e.g.
str1 = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstu"

=>str2 = "abcdef"

[jim mcnamara]

str2 = Left(str1,6)

[riis]

If performance will become an issue one day, you can better use Left$(str1,6). This will return a string value, while the Left function returns a variant value, which is converted to a string afterwards.