BIS_fnc_trimString

Description

Get a substring out of the string.

Note

Arma 3: Use select instead.

Syntax

[someText, beginning, length] call BIS_fnc_trimString

Parameters:

• someText: String - source string
• beginning: Number (Optional, default 0) - start index; indexing starts at 0
• length: Number (Optional, default end of string) - end index. A negative number means X chars from the string end

Returns: String

Examples

Example 1

["dreaded_is_the_man", 0, 6] call BIS_fnc_trimString;    // will return "dreaded"

Example 2

["dreaded_is_the_man", 15] call BIS_fnc_trimString;    // will return "man"

Example 3

["dreaded_is_the_man"] call BIS_fnc_trimString;        // will return "dreaded_is_the_man"

See also

select

"test" select [0, 4];                        // 0.0007 ms
["test", 0, 4] call BIS_fnc_trimString;    // 0.013 ms