.DT extract FR-MUD's efun help extract string extract(string str, int from, int to) .SP 5 5 Extract a substring from a string. Character 0 is first character. extract(str, n) will return a substring from characer number n to the end. ectract(str, i, j) will return a string from character i to character j. This is obsolete, though it is still retained as a simul_efun. Use str[from..to] to get substrings of strings. .EP See also .SI 5 sscanf, explode. .EI