Returns a character string from the given character expression or memo field.

SUBSTRC(cExpression, nStartPosition [, nCharactersReturned])

Parameters

cExpression

Specifies the character expression or memo field from which the character string is returned.

nStartPosition

Specifies the position in the character expression or memo field cExpression from where the character string is returned. The first character of cExpression is position 1.

If TALK is set to ON and nStartPosition is greater than the number of characters in cExpression, Visual FoxPro generates an error message. If TALK is set to OFF, the empty string is returned.

nCharactersReturned

Specifies the number of characters to return from cExpression. If you omit nCharactersReturned, characters are returned until the end of the character expression is reached.

Return Value

Remarks

See Also

Reference

AT( ) Function
AT_C( ) Function
ATC( ) Function
ATCC( ) Function
ATCLINE( ) Function
ATLINE( ) Function
LEFT( ) Function
PADL( ) | PADR( ) | PADC( ) Functions
RAT( ) Function
RATC( ) Function
RATLINE( ) Function
RIGHT( ) Function
LEFTC( ) Function
RIGHTC( ) Function
SUBSTR( ) Function
STRTRAN( ) Function
STUFFC( ) Function

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