char* strsubstring

Part string of a character string.

Name Type Default Description Return char* Substring. The result is only valid directly after the call. If it is to be used again it must be copied into a defined character string (strcpy, strcat, ...). The result will automatically be 0-terminated. str char* - Whole character string pos int - 0-based start position len int -1 Length of the substring. If the length is larger than the whole string, only the existing part will be fetched (what else?). -1 : Whole string from start position // Immediate use showmessage ("Ma-%s-as", strsubstring ("Matthias", 2, 4)); // later use char str[512]; strcpy (str, strsubstring ("Matthias", 2, 4));
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Name	Type	Default	Description
Return	char*		Substring. The result is only valid directly after the call. If it is to be used again it must be copied into a defined character string (strcpy, strcat, ...). The result will automatically be 0-terminated.
str	char*	-	Whole character string
pos	int	-	0-based start position
len	int	-1	Length of the substring. If the length is larger than the whole string, only the existing part will be fetched (what else?). -1 : Whole string from start position