Returns a substring of the given string. If the specified range exceeds the length of the string, returns a shorter substring.
| Usage | Returns | String.slice(start, end) | String |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: string | String | The string to subset. |
start | Integer | The beginning index, inclusive. Negative numbers count backwards from the end of the string. |
end | Integer, default: null | The ending index, exclusive. Defaults to the length of the string. Negative numbers count backwards from the end of the string. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print(ee.String('').slice(0)); // ''
print(ee.String('').slice(-1)); // ''
var s = ee.String('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz');
print(s.slice(0)); // abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
print(s.slice(24)); // yz
print(s.slice(-3)); // xyz
print(s.slice(3, 3)); // ''
print(s.slice(2, 3)); // c
print(s.slice(-4, 25)); // wxy
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
print(ee.String('').slice(0).getInfo()) # ''
print(ee.String('').slice(-1).getInfo()) # ''
s = ee.String('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
print(s.slice(0).getInfo()) # abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
print(s.slice(24).getInfo()) # yz
print(s.slice(-3).getInfo()) # xyz
print(s.slice(3, 3).getInfo()) # ''
print(s.slice(2, 3).getInfo()) # c
print(s.slice(-4, 25).getInfo()) # wxy