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Online Scripting Reference
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cutText
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Purpose
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'Cuts' a value out of a piece of text.
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Syntax
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cutText {value} var {start} {length}
{value}: The text to 'cut' a value out of.
var: The variable to hold the 'cut' value.
{start}: The starting index of the value to 'cut'.
{length}: The length of the value to 'cut'. If this length is longer than the end of the text being 'cut' from, the value will be 'cut' to the end of the text.
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Notes
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This command will copy a value out of a larger value. This is a very useful command when parsing text.
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Example
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# get the name of a planet being landed on
getWord CURRENTLINE $ID 2
stripText $ID "#"
getWord CURRENTLINE $Sector 5
stripText $Sector ":"
getWordPos CURRENTLINE $Pos ": "
cutText CURRENTLINE $Name ($Pos + 2) 999
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