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How to shorten a string

Started by DaWooShit, 02 November 2012 - 07:42 PM

DaWooShit #1

20 posts

Posted 02 November 2012 - 08:42 PM

How do I shorten a string?

Ex:
string="thisisaprettylongstringindeed"
string=shorten(string,6)
print(string)
>thisis

Thanks in advance.

Cruor #2

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389 posts

Location Norway

Posted 02 November 2012 - 08:46 PM

as in remove everything besides the 6 first?
str = string.sub(str, 1, 6)

DaWooShit #3

20 posts

Posted 02 November 2012 - 09:09 PM

Thanks a lot, works perfect.