substring method returns a substring starting with the starting index specified and containing all the characters up to, but not including, the ending index.

 

package{
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  
  public class Main extends Sprite{
    public function Main(){

        var sTitle:String = new String("ActionScript");
        trace(sTitle.substring(6, 12));  // Displays: Script

    }
  }
}

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1.	Working with Substring Values: substr
2.	Optionally omit the second parameter, substr returns a substring starting at the specified index and going to the end of the original string.
3.	Specifying a negative value simply counts backward from the end of the string where -1 is the last character.
4.	Use lastIndexOf to get the file name without extension name

substring method returns a substring starting with the starting index specified and containing all the characters up to, but not including, the ending index. : substr « String « Flash / Flex / ActionScript

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