Substr

Syntax

INT substr ( <STRING str> , <INT startposition> , [<INT characters>] )

Description

Returns a subsection of a certain string.

Parameters

STRING str	- The string of which a subsection will be returned.
INT startposition	- The position of the first character to be in the subsection.
[INT characters]	- The number of characters the subsection will hold. Negative values are special; see Notes.

Returns

STRING : The subsection.

Notes

If the number of characters is a negative value, the following applies: the start of the subsection will be startposition; the end of the subsection will be the length of the string minus the absolute value of characters.

Example

Private                             
    String str = "This is my string.";
Begin

    // No specified number of characters
    say( substr(str,2)     + "<" ); // "is is my string."
    say( substr(str,-7)    + "<" ); // "string."

    // Specified number of characters
    say( substr(str,5,2)   + "<" ); // "is"

    // Number of characters greater than length of string
    say( substr(str,2,50)  + "<" ); // "is my string."
    say( substr(str,-7,50) + "<" ); // "string."

    // Negative number of characters
    say( substr(str,5,-5)  + "<" ); // "is my st"

    // Special case
    say( substr(str,0,0)   + "<" ); // "", but pre 0.92: "This is my string."

    Repeat
        frame;
    Until(key(_ESC))

End

Used in example: say(), key()

Strings Functions

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