str substring for strings

Signature

> str substring {flags} (range) ...rest

Flags

• --grapheme-clusters, -g: count indexes and split using grapheme clusters (all visible chars have length 1)
• --utf-8-bytes, -b: count indexes and split using UTF-8 bytes (default; non-ASCII chars have length 2+)

Parameters

• range: the indexes to substring [start end]
• ...rest: For a data structure input, turn strings at the given cell paths into substrings

Input/output types:

Examples

Get a substring "nushell" from the text "good nushell" using a range

>'good nushell'|str substring5..12
nushell

Count indexes and split using grapheme clusters

>'🇯🇵ほげ ふが ぴよ'|str substring-g4..6
ふが