utf8Substring

Copies a substring out of a UTF-8 encoded string. The substring will contain end_pos - start_pos characters.

Since GLib 2.72, -1 can be passed to end_pos to indicate the end of the string.

string
utf8Substring
(
string str
,
glong startPos
,
glong endPos
)

Parameters

str string

a UTF-8 encoded string

startPos glong

a character offset within str

endPos glong

another character offset within str, or -1 to indicate the end of the string

Return Value

Type: string

a newly allocated copy of the requested substring. Free with glib.global.gfree when no longer needed.