left, right. Getting substring on the left and on the right

^string.left(N)  
^string.right(N)   

These methods return
N first or last characters of the string respectively. If value of N is more than the string's length, the method will output the whole string.
^string.left(-1) call will output the whole string.   [3.4.4]

Example

$str[Strangers in the night…]
^str.left(7) ^str.right(9)


The code will output:
Strange night


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