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authorkpfleming <kpfleming@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b>2005-12-13 18:54:22 +0000
committerkpfleming <kpfleming@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b>2005-12-13 18:54:22 +0000
commit5063af682fde29b9d9a584d96bfb50222cb68b6b (patch)
tree91a26045041e1967f4ac923770013631bf73846e
parent8b0389689d31a137314a4c0171b8aba73990c89d (diff)
clarify substring documentation
git-svn-id: http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.2@7470 f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b
-rw-r--r--doc/README.variables14
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.variables b/doc/README.variables
index 933b3098e..e1ab04ffd 100644
--- a/doc/README.variables
+++ b/doc/README.variables
@@ -94,17 +94,17 @@ NoOp(${__FOO}) is identical to NoOp(${FOO})
-_______________________________
-REMOVING CHARACTERS FROM STRING
--------------------------------
+___________________________________
+SELECTING CHARACTERS FROM VARIABLES
+-----------------------------------
-The format for removing characters from a variable can be expressed as:
+The format for selecting characters from a variable can be expressed as:
${variable_name[:offset[:length]]}
-If you want to remove the first N characters from the string assigned
+If you want to select the first N characters from the string assigned
to a variable, simply append a colon and the number of characters to
-remove from the beginning of the string to the variable name.
+skip from the beginning of the string to the variable name.
;Remove the first character of extension, save in "number" variable
exten => _9X.,1,Set(number=${EXTEN:1})
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ dial a number to access an outside line, but do not wish to pass the first
digit.
If you use a negative offset number, Asterisk starts counting from the end
-of the string and then removes everything before the new position. The following
+of the string and then selects everything after the new position. The following
example will save the numbers 1234 to the 'number' variable, still assuming
we've dialed 918005551234.