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slice (String.slice method)
public slice(start:Number, end:Number) : String
Returns a string that includes the start character and all characters up to, but not including,
the end character. The original String object is not modified. If the end parameter is not
specified, the end of the substring is the end of the string. If the character indexed by start is
the same as or to the right of the character indexed by end, the method returns an empty
string.
Parameters
start:Number - The zero-based index of the starting point for the slice. If start is a negative
number, the starting point is determined from the end of the string, where -1 is the last
character.
end:Number - An integer that is one greater than the index of the ending point for the slice.
The character indexed by the end parameter is not included in the extracted string. If this
parameter is omitted, String.length is used. If end is a negative number, the ending point is
determined by counting back from the end of the string, where -1 is the last character.
Returns
String - A substring of the specified string.
Example
The following example creates a variable, my_str, assigns it a String value, and then calls the
slice() method using a variety of values for both the start and end parameters. Each call to
slice() is wrapped in a trace() statement that displays the output in the Output panel.
// Index values for the string literal
// positive index: 0 1 2 3 4
// string: L o r e m
// negative index: -5 -4 -3 -2 -1
var my_str:String = "Lorem";
// slice the first character
trace("slice(0,1): "+my_str.slice(0, 1)); // output: slice(0,1): L
trace("slice(-5,1): "+my_str.slice(-5, 1)); // output: slice(-5,1): L
// slice the middle three characters
String 599