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StringCopy- Returns a part of a string

Function that returns a part of string.

- StringCopy(S,P,L): string

Parameters:

- (string) S: A string from which a part is copied;

- (int) P: The location from where to start copying. Ranges from 1 to the length of the string;

- (int) L: Amount of characters to be copied from P (optional).

Description:

Use the StringCopy function to copy a part of a string. The P parameter indicates the starting position from which the characters are to be copied. The L parameter indicates how many characters to copy.

The result is a string containing L characters from the P position.

If the L parameter is omitted, only the character of the P position is copied.

Examples:

// Create a string variable

S = "Biblos"

// Four-character copy from the third character

T = StringCopy(S,3,4)

// Variable T contains the string "blos".

MsgBox(T)