First 1000 characters without loop?

[Mark Talluto]

On Jun 22, 2017, at 11:03 AM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a string variable which contains over 2500 characters.
> I only want to grab the first 1000 characters of that string.
> Rather than looping 1000 times to grab each character
> is there a way to just grab the first 1000 efficiently in
> one big chunk?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rick

Hi Rick,

put char 1 to 1000 of tOriginalVar into tNewVar


Best regards,

Mark Talluto
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