subString()

Synopsis

Returns a new string containing a subset of the elements from the original string. The subset is specified using the arguments iLow and iHigh, which are inclusive indices. The indices are clamped to the respective ends of the string, if out of range. If iLow is greater than iHigh, returns the empty string. Note that the indices are 1-based.

Syntax

subString ( str As String, 
            iLow As String, 
            iHigh As String ) As String 

Argument	Type	Description
str	String	original string
iLow	Integer	starting index
iHigh	Integer	ending index

Example 1

Intent >subString("To be or not to be", 1, 5) 
--> "To be" 

Example 2

Intent >subString("To be or not to be", 10, 1000) 
--> "not to be" 

Example 3

Intent >subString("To be or not to be", 1000, 1) 
--> ""