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Task/Substring/AutoHotkey/substring.ahk

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+String := "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+; also: String = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
+n := 12
+m := 5
+
+; starting from n characters in and of m length;
+subString := SubStr(String, n, m)
+; alternative:  StringMid, subString, String, n, m
+MsgBox % subString
+
+; starting from n characters in, up to the end of the string;
+subString := SubStr(String, n)
+; alternative:  StringMid, subString, String, n
+MsgBox % subString
+
+; whole string minus last character;
+StringTrimRight, subString, String, 1
+; alternatives: subString := SubStr(String, 1, StrLen(String) - 1)
+;               StringMid, subString, String, 1, StrLen(String) - 1
+MsgBox % subString
+
+; starting from a known character within the string and of m length;
+findChar := "q"
+subString := SubStr(String, InStr(String, findChar), m)
+; alternatives: RegExMatch(String, findChar . ".{" . m - 1 . "}", subString)
+;               StringMid, subString, String, InStr(String, findChar), m
+MsgBox % subString
+
+; starting from a known character within the string and of m length;
+findString := "pq"
+subString := SubStr(String, InStr(String, findString), m)
+; alternatives: RegExMatch(String, findString . ".{" . m - StrLen(findString) . "}", subString)
+;               StringMid, subString, String, InStr(String, findString), m
+MsgBox % subString