Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, Second Edition

Name

substr

Synopsis

substr DEST, STRING, OFFSET
substr DEST, STRING, OFFSET, LENGTH
               

Return a substring of STRING, beginning at OFFSET and with length LENGTH.

Arguments: SR, S, I or SR, S, I, I or SR, P, I, I

substr DEST, STRING, OFFSET, LENGTH, REPLACE

If REPLACE is given, use it to replace the returned substring in STRING.

Arguments: SR, S, I, I, S

substr DEST, OFFSET, LENGTH, REPLACE

If STRING is omitted, operate on the string in DEST.

Arguments: SR, I, I, S