substring function

substring(string:String, index:Number, count:Number) : String

Deprecated since Flash Player 5. This function was deprecated in favor of String.substr().

Extracts part of a string. This function is one-based, whereas the String object methods are zero-based.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4

string:String - The string from which to extract the new string.

index:Number - The number of the first character to extract.

count:Number - The number of characters to include in the extracted string, not including the index character.

String - The extracted substring.