English Explanatory Dictionary

substring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A (possibly zero-length) string of characters that is contained in another string.
verb
  1. To extract a substring from.
  2. To take as a substring.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-substring.wav

Word forms

substring substrings substringing substringed

Etymology

From sub- + string.

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