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.TH Text.slice 3 2025-04-21 "Tomo man-pages"
.SH NAME
Text.slice \- get a slice of a text
.SH LIBRARY
Tomo Standard Library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BI Text.slice\ :\ func(text:\ Text,\ from:\ Int\ =\ 1,\ to:\ Int\ =\ -1\ ->\ Text)
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Get a slice of the text.
.SH ARGUMENTS
.TS
allbox;
lb lb lbx lb
l l l l.
Name Type Description Default
text Text The text to be sliced. -
from Int The index of the first grapheme cluster to include (1-indexed). 1
to Int The index of the last grapheme cluster to include (1-indexed). -1
.TE
.SH RETURN
The text that spans the given grapheme cluster indices.
.SH NOTES
A negative index counts backwards from the end of the text, so `-1` refers to the last cluster, `-2` the second-to-last, etc. Slice ranges will be truncated to the length of the text.
.SH EXAMPLES
.EX
>> "hello".slice(2, 3)
= "el"
>> "hello".slice(to=-2)
= "hell"
>> "hello".slice(from=2)
= "ello"
.EE
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