substring

A substring object is a part of a larger string and has all the properties of a string, as well as extra methods and properties.

Creation
Properties
Casts

Parent: string

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

Creation

character <integer> of <string> : substring

Returns a string of length 1 made by taking the character identified by <integer> from the string. Numbering begins at zero.

Q: character 1 of "hello"
A: e

Plural: characters

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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character of <string> : substring

Returns the characters from the string.

Q: characters of "hello"
A: h
A: e
A: l
A: l
A: o

Plural: characters

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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first <integer> of <string> : substring

Returns a substring containing the number of characters specified from the given string.

Q: first 5 of "To be or not to be"
A: To be

Plural: firsts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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first <string> of <string> : substring

Returns a substring containing the first occurrence of the name provided.

Q: preceding text of first "." of "access.log.1"
A: access

Plural: firsts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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following text of <string position> : substring

Returns the substring following the position in the string.

Q: following text of position 5 of "0123456789"
A: 56789

Plural: following texts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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last <integer> of <string> : substring

Returns a substring containing the number of characters specified.

Q: last 5 of "Hello Kitty"
A: Kitty

Plural: lasts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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last <string> of <string> : substring

Q: following text of last "." of "hello.exe"
A: exe

Plural: lasts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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parenthesized part <integer> of <regular expression match> : substring

Returns the nth parenthetical (given by <integer>) in the specified regular expression match.

Plural: parenthesized parts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu

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parenthesized part of <regular expression match> : substring

Returns the parenthetical part of the specified regular expression match.

Plural: parenthesized parts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu

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preceding text of <string position> : substring

Returns the substring preceding the position in the string.

Q: preceding text of position 5 of "0123456789"
A: 01234

Plural: preceding texts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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substring <( integer, integer )> of <string> : substring

Returns a substring of the specified string as defined by the start and length. The first integer is the start and the second integer is the length.

Q: substring (2, 2) of "abcdef"
A: cd

Q: substrings (integers in (0, length of it, 2), 2) of "abcdef"
A: ab
A: cd
A: ef

Plural: substrings

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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substring <string> of <string> : substring

Iterates through the string returning all the substrings matching the name given.

Q: number of substrings "be" of "to be or not to be"
A: 2

Q: preceding texts of substrings "be" of "to be or not to be"
A: to
A: to be or not to

Plural: substrings

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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substring after <string> of <string> : substring

Returns the substrings that come after the first string delimiter.

Q: substring after "=" of "name=value"
A: value

Plural: substrings after

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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substring before <string> of <string> : substring

Returns the substrings that come before the first string delimiter.

Q: substring before "=" of "name=value"
A: name

Plural: substrings before

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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substring between <string> of <string> : substring

Returns the substring in the second string found between two instances of the first string.

Q: substrings between "." of "abc.def.hij.klm"
A: def
A: hij

Plural: substrings between

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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substring separated by <string> of <string> : substring

Returns a substring (or set of substrings) delimited by the first string.

Q: substrings separated by "," of "1,2,3"
A: 1
A: 2
A: 3

Plural: substrings separated by

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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Properties

end of <substring> : string position

Returns the position of the substring within its containing string.

Q: end of first "be" of "to be or not to be"
A: 5

Plural: ends

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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following text of <substring> : substring

Returns the string following the substring.

Q: following text of last "." of "log.txt"
A: txt

Plural: following texts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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preceding text of <substring> : substring

Returns the string preceding the substring.

Q: preceding text of last "." of "log.txt"
A: log

Plural: preceding texts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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start of <substring> : string position

Returns the position within the string of the substring.

Q: start of substring "or" of "to be or not to be"
A: 6

Plural: starts

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	AIX, HP-UX, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0	Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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Casts

<substring> as string : string

Converts <substring> to string.

Version	Platforms
9.5.0.311	AIX, Debian, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Ubuntu, Windows
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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<substring> as substring : substring

Returns the same object.

Version	Platforms
9.5.0.311	AIX, Debian, Mac, Red Hat, SUSE, Session, Solaris, Ubuntu, Windows
9.5.13.130	Raspbian

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