You can do this with index().
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tristan M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: isolating 1 character from a string > > Hey, first off thanks for all the help recently, you guys > have solved all my problems ive given you so far:) but heres > a new one, > > what id like to do is make the code isolate one character > from the left, like visual basic's left(). > > this is what i want: > > i have a value, say 5678 > i want to return only the 5 to one string and the 678 to another > > is there any way to do this? ive been searching all over the > net with no luck > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&; > DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > > > -- > ROM mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >
