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# TRUNC

### Syntax

**TRUNC(object, \[count])**

| Argument name                                 | Description                                   |
| --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| <p><strong>object</strong></p><p>Required</p> | List of items or text string to be truncated. |
| <p><strong>count</strong></p><p>Required</p>  | Number of items, or characters to retain.     |

### Examples

If:

* &#x20;list = \[a, b, c, d]
* name = 'John Smith'

When the following functions are executed:&#x20;

![](/files/-MA6BsxGKFkt-ygmlBxK)

Results will be:

* out1 = \[a, b]
* out2 = 'John'