Re: .substring bug - indicies don't work as documented(?)

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Werner,

> >               Replace the string in register  xx  with  the  sub-
> >               string defined by the indices n1 and n2.  The first
> >               character in the string has index one.   If  n2  is
> >               omitted,  it  is  taken to be equal to the string's
> >               length.  If the index value n1 or n2 is negative or
> >               zero,  it  will  be  counted  from  the  end of the
> >               string, going backwards:  The  last  character  has
> >               index  0,  the  character before the last character
> >               has index -1, etc.
>
> It is a bug.  Thanks for spotting.  I've just fixed it in the CVS.
> Now you'll get the following consistent results:

So my earlier diagram should be

      1   2   3   4   5   6   7
      a   b   c   d   e   f   g
     -6  -5  -4  -3  -2  -1   0

to match the fixed code.


Ralph.