Well I think that there is nothing wrong with mystring.indexOf('abc') +
3, but maybe the substring method throws an IndexOutOfBoundsException?> -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jorg Heymans > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 9:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: jx syntax madness > > note that the -3 or +3 are entirely random here, bottomline is that i > can subtract from the indexOf result, but not add to it... > > > Jorg Heymans wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone explain me why > > ${mystring.substring(mystring.indexOf('abc'))} works, > > ${mystring.substring(mystring.indexOf('abc') - 3)} works > > > > but > > ${mystring.substring(mystring.indexOf('abc') + 3 )} *not* ? > > > > > > Thanks! > > Jorg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
