Left 8 characters parse

How do I write formula to parse 1st left characters from a field?

Thanks in advance-I know its easy, searching did not help me.

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If it is a string field then Left([Field], 1) should work.

If it is a string field then Left([Field], 1) should work.

Thanks works perfect!. Wish I could find something on Alteryx with a bunch of examples of formulas.