StringTake

StringTake[s, {start, end}] takes a substring of s.

Attributes[StringTake] := {Protected}

Simple examples

In[1]:= StringTake["hello", {1, 1}]
Out[1]= "h"

In[2]:= StringTake["hello", {0, 1}]
Out[2]= StringTake["hello", {0, 1}]

In[3]:= StringTake["hello", {1, StringLength["hello"]}]
Out[3]= "hello"

In[4]:= StringTake["hello", {2, 1}]
Out[4]= ""

In[5]:= StringTake["hello", {2, 999}]
Out[5]= StringTake["hello", {2, 999}]