Posted by John Nichel on 06/27/05 19:07

Stut wrote:
> Jay Blanchard wrote:
>
>> 0-8 is nine characters, which is two less than eleven, IIRC
>
>
> So the length should be 9 not 8 no? Or should I go back to school?
>

Forgive us, it's Monday.

$newstring = substr ( $oldstring, 0, 9 );

Will knock the last two characters off of an eleven character string. 0
is the starting point, and 9 is the length you want returned....

$newstring = substr ( $oldstring, 1, 9 );

Will knock off the first and last character of an eleven character
string (giving you the 'middle' 9 characters).

$newstring = substr ( $oldstring, 0, -2 );

Will knock the last two characters off a string of any length.

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John C. Nichel
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