Substr

substr turns the given value into a String and then takes a substring from the integer start position (the first character in a string is position 0) to the end of the string or - if an optional length parameter is provided - of length characters.

Usage

String.substr(start[,length])

or

substr(String,start[,length])

Returns

String: The substring represented from the start point of the source string containing the rest of the string or length characters.

Example

set a = "Hello There";

echo ${a.substr(0,5)}; // echoes "Hello"

echo ${a.substr(6)}; // echoes "There"