First 1000 characters without loop?

[Mike Kerner]

chunks make me happy.
actually, any time i have to parse a hornet's nest of text, this language
makes me happy.

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Mark Talluto via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> 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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