Get part of a string
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Use string.sub() to return part of a string, by specifying the start and end positions
Source Code
-- get the first character local s = 'Frida' local sub = s:sub(1,1) -- get the third character local s = 'Frida' local sub = s:sub(3,3) -- get characters 2 to 4 local s = 'Frida' local sub = s:sub(2,4) -- get the all characters from 3 onwards local s = 'Frida' local sub = s:sub(3)
Description
Use string.sub() to return part of a string, by specifying the start and end positions
Usage Details
Use string.sub() to return a substring from a string. The substring returned is specified by using start and end positions, if the end position is omitted the remainder of the string (from the start) is returned.
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