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String substr(String s, s64 start_pos)
String substr(String s, s64 start_pos, s64 length)

:params
s : source string
start_pos : zero-based start position; negative values count from the end of the string
length : optional substring length; negative values trim bytes from the end of the result range
return value : extracted substring, or an empty string if the requested range is outside the source string

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>string

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Extracts part of a string using PHP-style start and length semantics.

Use the two-argument form to return everything from `start_pos` to the end of the string.

If `start_pos` is negative, counting starts from the end of the string.

If `length` is negative, the returned range stops that many bytes before the end of the string.

Related:

- PHP: `substr()`
- JavaScript / Node.js: `String.prototype.slice()` or `substring()`