StringTake

Usage

• StringTake["string", n] gives a string containing the first n characters in "string".
• StringTake["string", -n] gives the last n characters in "string".
• StringTake["string", {n}] gives the n character in "string".
• StringTake["string", {m, n}] gives characters m through n in "string".
• StringTake[{, , ... }, spec] gives the list of results for each of the .

Notes

• StringTake uses the standard sequence specification (see Section A.3.5).

• Example: StringTake["abcdefg", 3]

• StringTake["string", {m, n, s}] gives characters m through n in steps of s.

• See Section 2.8.2.

• See also: Take, StringDrop, StringPosition.

• New in Version 2; modified in 5.1.

Further Examples