{{fbdoc item="title" value="__FB_ARG_LEFTOF__"}}----
Intrinsic define (macro) performed by the compiler.

{{fbdoc item="syntax"}}##
	""__FB_ARG_LEFTOF__( arg, sep [, ret] )""
##
{{fbdoc item="param"}}
	##//arg//##
		argument
	##//sep//##
		separator, obviously different from the comma (,)
	##//ret//##
		default return if separator not found

{{fbdoc item="desc"}}
	Returns the left token of the argument (##//arg//##), based on the separator (##//sep//##).
	(in the expression of the argument, the tokens and the separator must be spaced)
	
	By default, if the default return (##//ret//##) is not given, the macro returns nothing (empty token) if the separator (##//sep//##) is not found.
	Otherwise, if the default return (##//ret//##) is given, the macro returns the default return (##//ret//##) if the separator (##//sep//##) is not found.

{{fbdoc item="ex"}}
	{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/defines/fbargleftof.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
#macro m( arg )
	Scope
		Var v = __FB_ARG_LEFTOF__( arg, versus, "Not found 'versus'" )
		Print v
	End Scope
#endmacro

m(1 versus 2)
m("left-side" versus "right-side")
m(3.14 verso pi)

Sleep

/' Output:
 1
left-side
Not found 'versus'
'/
%%

	See also ##[[KeyPgDdfbargrightof|__FB_ARG_RIGHTOF__]]## example.

{{fbdoc item="ver"}}
	- Since fbc 1.08.0

{{fbdoc item="diff"}}
	- New to ""FreeBASIC""

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- ##[[KeyPgDdfbargrightof|__FB_ARG_RIGHTOF__]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgDdfbargcount|__FB_ARG_COUNT__]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgDdfbargextract|__FB_ARG_EXTRACT__]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgDdfbarglistexpand|__FB_ARG_LISTEXPAND__]]##

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