trimming a latex figure code example

Example: crop the figure to the left in latex

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}
% trim from left edge
\includegraphics[trim={5cm 0 0 0},clip]{example-image-a}
% trim from right edge
\includegraphics[trim={0 0 5cm 0},clip]{example-image-a}
\end{document}