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Applies to: ✅ Azure Data Explorer ✅ Azure Monitor ✅ Microsoft Sentinel
Extracts a substring from the source string starting from some index to the end of the string.
Optionally, the length of the requested substring can be specified.
substring(source, startingIndex [, length])
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| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| source | string |
✔️ | The string from which to take the substring. |
| startingIndex | int |
✔️ | The zero-based starting character position of the requested substring. If a negative number, the substring will be retrieved from the end of the source string. |
| length | int |
The requested number of characters in the substring. The default behavior is to take from startingIndex to the end of the source string. |
A substring from the given string. The substring starts at startingIndex (zero-based) character position and continues to the end of the string or length characters if specified.
substring("123456", 1) // 23456
substring("123456", 2, 2) // 34
substring("ABCD", 0, 2) // AB
substring("123456", -2, 2) // 56