Top "Substring" questions

How do I check if a given Python string is a substring of another one?

I have two strings and I would like to check whether the first is a substring of the other. Does …

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Java: Getting a substring from a string starting after a particular character

I have a string: /abc/def/ghfj.doc I would like to extract ghfj.doc from this, i.e. the …

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How to grab substring before a specified character jQuery or JavaScript

I am trying to extract everything before the ',' comma. How do I do this in JavaScript or jQuery? …

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Batch file: Find if substring is in string (not in a file)

In a batch file, I have a string abcdefg. I want to check if bcd is in the string. Unfortunately …

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Getting the first character of a string with $str[0]

I want to get the first letter of a string and I've noticed that $str[0] works great. I am just …

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Extracting the last n characters from a string in R

How can I get the last n characters from a string in R? Is there a function like SQL's RIGHT?

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What is the best way to do a substring in a batch file?

I want to get the name of the currently running batch file without the file extension. Thanks to this link, …

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How does String substring work in Swift

I've been updating some of my old code and answers with Swift 3 but when I got to Swift Strings and …

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Get Substring between two characters using javascript

I am trying to extract a string from within a larger string where it get everything inbetween a : and a ; …

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Replace part of a string with another string

Is it possible in C++ to replace part of a string with another string? Basically, I would like to do …

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