describe(substring);
Alas, it doesn't appear to be included in the reference manual.
A hint: describe(string) will show all functions containing that
string, so is likely to find functions which operate on strings.
-s
On 8/15/06, sen1 at math.msu.edu <sen1 at math.msu.edu> wrote:
> What is the function which pulls substrings out of a string, or,
> , e.g., writes out the characters in a string as a list.
>
> Also, if this is easy to find in the manual, please tell me where.
>
>
> For instance, which function 'f' will do the following.
>
> (%i1) f("world");
>
> (%o1) orl
>
> or just the following.
>
> (%i2) f("world");
>
> (%o1) w
>
> That is, extract the first letter of the string.
>
> TIA,
> -sen
>
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