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Class | String
Name | ### substring()
Examples |
    String str1 = "CCCP";
    String str2 = "Rabbit";
    String ss1 = str1.substring(2);     // Returns "CP"
    String ss2 = str2.substring(3);     // Returns "bit"
    String ss3 = str1.substring(0, 2);  // Returns "CC"
    println(ss1 + ":" + ss2 + ":" + ss3);  // Prints "CP:bit:CC"
Description | Returns a new string that is a part of the original string. When using the endIndex parameter, the string between beginIndex and endIndex-1 is returned.
Syntax |
    str.substring(beginIndex)
    str.substring(beginIndex, endIndex)
Parameters |
str | String: any variable of type String
beginIndex | int: position from which to begin (inclusive)
endIndex | int: position from which to end (exclusive)

Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:06pm PDT