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SubStr2 Function

X#
Extract a substring from a string, using strong typing and only two arguments.

Namespace:  XSharp.Core
Assembly:  XSharp.Core (in XSharp.Core.dll) Version: 2.21
Syntax
 FUNCTION SubStr2(
	cTarget AS STRING,
	dwStart AS DWORD
) AS STRING
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Parameters

cTarget
Type: String
The string from which to extract a substring.
dwStart
Type: DWord
The starting position in cTarget. Since this argument is a WORD, it cannot be negative.

Return Value

Type: String
The substring.
If the substring is not found, a NULL_STRING is returned.
Remarks
Substr2() is a typed version of Substr(). See Substr() for details.
Examples
These examples extract part of a name:
X#
1LOCAL cName AS STRING
2cName := "Biff Styvesent"
3? Substr2(cName, 6)                    // Styvesent
4? Substr2(cName, SLen(cName) + 2)        // null string
This example uses Substr2() with At() and RAt() to create a function to extract a file name from a file specification:
X#
1? FileBase("c:\prg\myfile.obj")        // myfile.obj
2FUNCTION FileBase(cFile)
3    LOCAL nPos AS DWORD
4    IF (nPos := RAt("\", cFile)) != 0
5        cFile := Substr2(cFile, nPos + 1)
6    ELSEIF (nPos := At(":", cFile)) != 0
7        cFile := Substr2(cFile, nPos + 1)
8    ENDIF
9    RETURN cFile
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