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String Shift Left Function
String Manipulations Class

Public Function StringShiftLeft( _
    ByRef rValue As Variant _
    ) As Integer

Shifts the characters within a string one position to the left, with the character at the beginning of the string being removed.
Returns the ASCII value of the character at the beginning of string rValue. (The character at the beginning of the string before the characters are shifted).

Example: 
    Assuming
       Dim S As String
       S = "ABC"
    for example
       StringShiftLeft(S) = 65 = Asc("A")
    leaves
       S = "BC"
See also: 
    StringShiftRight Function
    StringRotateLeft Function
    ShiftStringLeft Function
rValue: String whose characters are to be shifted left one position. Function returns -1 (the value of the AscEOF Property) if rValue is Null or cannot be fixed up to a String.

Function also returns -1 if rValue is an empty string.

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