how to get 1st "X" chars from a string?

Nexus6 · Post by **Nexus6** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 5:05 pm

Hey,

I have a word "example" and I wanna get 2 chars from the beginning so it would be "ex" or two fom the end so it would be "le" how can I do it in TCL?

Thanks in advance for help

Kingster · Post by **Kingster** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 5:24 pm

Could try something like...

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[string range $string 3 4] == $another_string

The numbers after "string range $string" are the beginning and ending of the area to look...

But someone here might correct my syntax... I'm new at this as well... heheheheh...

{{EDIT}}
Wait... Just re-read what you were trying to do...

You can still use string range....

First two chars:

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set first_two [string range $string first 1]

Last two chars:

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set last_two [string range $string last-1 last]

Again. I could be wrong... just tryin to help you out here...