[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Phil wrote:
> > Is there a built Rebol function that does the equivalent of Java's
> > substring??
>
> Have a look at 'copy, in particular, the '/part refinement.
>
Just to gild the lilly...
Since substr[ing] in various languages usually involves both an
an offset into the original string and a length (or first and last
offsets, which by arithmetic are the same thing), we can make nice
and define (re-formatted for appearance)
>> subser: func [
s [series!] pass [integer!] keep [integer!]
][
copy/part skip s pass keep
]
>> sample: "this is a (somewhat) very long string"
== "this is a (somewhat) very long string"
>> index? find sample " ("
== 10
>> subser sample 10 10
== "(somewhat)"
-jn-
