How to truncate string using SQL server

Question

i have large string in SQL Server. I want to truncate that string to 10 or 15 character

Original string

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Answer 1

You can also use the Cast() operation :

 Declare @name varchar(100);
set @name='....';
Select Cast(@name as varchar(10)) as new_name