Re: string:sub

[David Burgess <dabsoft@...>]

Maybe you have identified the issue:

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> =("12345"):sub(1,0)
12345

If you get nothing then I guess thats where the confusion comes
from. I will check into this.

Thanks.

On 7/3/2010 12:06 AM, Erik Lindroos wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:59 PM, David Burgess<dabsoft@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > The inconsistency is what the value 0 does on parameter 2,
> > seemingly the same as -1. I would have expected -1 on parameter 2
> > to mean 1 less than zero, i.e. -1 from the end.
>
> What do you mean with seemingly the same? Clearly it's not the same. sub(1,
> 0) gives you an empty string, sub(1, -1) gives you the whole string, just as
> you pasted.