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where_left.sql
select
state_geom, state_name, state
from
`bigquery-public-data.geo_us_boundaries.states`
# this time we will use the LEFT() function to find states where the first letter = M
# this function takes a string and a number as arguments
# in this case it takes the state_name column and 1
# meaning we get the first leftmost letter returned from every column in the dataset
# https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/string_functions#left
where left(state_name, 1) = 'M'
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