substring function
Syntax
string substring(inputString, startPos, endPos)
Parameters
- inputString (string)
- startPos (float)
- endPos (float)
Returns
Substring of inputString, extracted between indices startPos and endPos (endPos excluded).
Description
This function returns a substring of the of the inputString, starting at the index startPos and ending WITHOUT the character at index endPos (endPos excluded).
Note: The indices startPos and endPos are 0-based.
Related
- count function
- find function
- len function
- splitString function
Examples
substring("0123456789", 0, 5)
# result = "01234"
substring("0123456789", 2, 5)
# result = "234"
substring("0123456789", -20, 5) # startPos < 0
# result = "01234"
substring("0123456789", 0, 20) # endPos >= len(inputString)
# result = "0123456789"
substring("0123456789", 5, 0) # startPos >= endPos
# result = ""
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