Syntax | set aSubstring = aString.substring(startIndex, length) set aSubstring = substring(LITERAL, startIndex, length) | |
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Semantics | Extracts a substring of a given length beginning at position startIndex . Returns a new string. The state of the current string is not changed. If length is greater than the length of aString , an error is raised. | |
Substitutables | aString | Can be any variable or object attribute having the type String. |
startIndex, length | Can be any variable or object attribute having the type Integer. The start index cannot be negative. | |
LITERAL | String literal. | |
Examples | set aSubstring = stringSet.s1.substring(0, 2); // To get the last 5 characters of a string set endOfString = astring.substring(aString.length(-5), 5); |
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