Method: REXML::Functions.substring

Defined in:
lib/rexml/functions.rb

.substring(string, start, length = nil) ⇒ Object

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# File 'lib/rexml/functions.rb', line 228

def Functions::substring( string, start, length=nil )
  ruby_string = string(string)
  ruby_length = if length.nil?
                  ruby_string.length.to_f
                else
                  number(length)
                end
  ruby_start = number(start)

  # Handle the special cases
  return '' if (
    ruby_length.nan? or
    ruby_start.nan? or
    ruby_start.infinite?
  )

  infinite_length = ruby_length.infinite? == 1
  ruby_length = ruby_string.length if infinite_length

  # Now, get the bounds.  The XPath bounds are 1..length; the ruby bounds
  # are 0..length.  Therefore, we have to offset the bounds by one.
  ruby_start = round(ruby_start) - 1
  ruby_length = round(ruby_length)

  if ruby_start < 0
   ruby_length += ruby_start unless infinite_length
   ruby_start = 0
  end
  return '' if ruby_length <= 0
  ruby_string[ruby_start,ruby_length]
end