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<td>String</td>

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<th scope="row">Name</th>

<td><h3>substring()</h3></td>

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<th scope="row">Examples</th>

<td><div class="example"><pre>String str1 = "CCCP";

String str2 = "Rabbit";

String ss1 = str1.substring(2); // Returns "CP"

String ss2 = str2.substring(3); // Returns "bit"

String ss3 = str1.substring(0, 2); // Returns "CC"

println(ss1 + ":" + ss2 + ":" + ss3); // Prints 'CP:bit:CC'</pre></div></td>

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<th scope="row">Description</th>

<td>Returns a new string that is a part of the original string. When using the <b>endIndex</b> parameter, the string between <b>beginIndex</b> and <b>endIndex</b>-1 is returned.

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<td><pre><kbd>str</kbd>.indexOf(<kbd>beginIndex</kbd>)</pre><br />

<pre><kbd>str</kbd>.indexOf(<kbd>beginIndex</kbd>,<kbd>endIndex</kbd>)</pre>

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<th scope="row">str</th>

<td>String: any variable of type String</td>

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<th scope="row">beginIndex</th>

<td>int: position from which to begin (inclusive)</td>

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<th scope="row">endIndex</th>

<td>int: position from which to end (exclusive)</td>

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<td>String</td>

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<td>Web & Application</td>

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