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String.substr

string, string.substr, substr, substring

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

    myString.substr(start, [length])

Parameters

`start` An integer that indicates the position of the first character in `myString` to be used to create the substring. If `start` is a negative number, the starting position is determined from the end of the string, where the -1 is the last character.

`length` The number of characters in the substring being created. If `length` is not specified, the substring includes all of the characters from the start to the end of the string.

Returns

A substring of the specified string.

Description

Method; returns the characters in a string from the index specified in the `start` parameter through the number of characters specified in the `length` parameter. The `substr` method does not change the string specified by `myString`, it returns a new string.