# substring

#### Availability

Flash Player 4. This function has been deprecated in favor of `String.substr()`.

#### Usage

    substring("string", index, count)

#### Parameters

`string` The string from which to extract the new string.

`index` The number of the first character to extract.

`count` The number of characters to include in the extracted string, not including the index character.

#### Returns

Nothing.

#### Description

String function; extracts part of a string. This function is 1-based, whereas the String object methods are 0-based.

#### See also

`String.substr()`