substring. Free with [glib.global.gfree] when no longer needed.
utf8Substring
fn
string utf8Substring(string str, glong startPos, glong endPos)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.
Parameters
str | a UTF-8 encoded string |
startPos | a character offset within str |
endPos | another character offset within str, or -1 to indicate the end of the string |
Returns
a newly allocated copy of the requested