Description: This function returns a string that is a portion of another string.
Returns: Text
Usage: Script or Steady State
Format: SubStr(String, Start, Length)
Parameters: String { text } { required } { no default: }
Any text expression giving the original string to extract the sub-string from.
Start { numeric } { required } { no default: }
Any numeric expression giving the character offset from the start of String of where to start the resulting string. A value of 0 refers to the first character in String. If the Start is past the end of String, the result is invalid.
Length { numeric } { required } { no default: }
Any numeric expression giving the number of characters to include in the resulting string starting with Start.
Comments: If any parameter of this function is invalid, the return value is invalid.
Examples:
piece1 = SubStr("ABCDEF", 2, 3);
piece2 = SubStr("ABCDEF", 3, 4);
The values of piece1 and piece2 are "CDE" and "DEF" respectively.
See Also: