Substring - StringUtil

SKSE Member of: StringUtil Script

Returns a portion of the string starting at given index, optionally with specified amount of characters. (This function requires SKSE)

Syntax

string Function Substring(string str, int startIndex, int len = 0) global native

Parameters

• str: The string from which to retrieve the substring.
• startIndex: Starting character position of a substring.
• len: An optional length of the substring. Default of 0 means for the entire string.
  • Default: 0

Return Value

Portion from the given string. Returns none if the given startIndex was invalid.

Examples

Import StringUtil

string ss = "Sample string"
string s1 = Substring(ss, 5) 
;"e string"
string s2 = Substring(ss, 2, 4) 
;"mple"
string s3 = Substring(ss, 20) 
;none
string s4 = Substring(ss, 0, -1) 
;"sample string"

Notes

Invalid len value will work as if 0 was given.
This function is case-insensitive (like all SKSE string functions right now).

See Also

• StringUtil Script
• Find - StringUtil