Hi,
I have a string called "Something" and I want to check what the first # of characters are, for example 3. I then want to strip the first # (for example, 2) characters from the string.

How would I go about doing this? I don't know much of the language used by MSGPLUS, I'm just using examples and my knowledge of PHP to work it out as I go along

I suggest you have a look at a JavaScript String reference, such as the one at W3Schools. That should give you a good idea what methods you have.

• To check the first X characters of a string:
  

  code:

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  var strMessage = "/mycommand param1";
  if(strMessage.substr(0, 3) === "/my") {
     //First 3 characters equal "/my"
     //Do something useful here!
  }

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  String.substr(X, Y) basically does the following: Give me the part of the string starting at position X containing at most Y characters. You could also use String.substring(X, Y), where Y is an ending position instead of a length. If you don't specify the second argument in substr() or substring(), it'll go on to the end of the string.
  
• To strip the first X characters from a string:
  

  code:

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  var strMessage = "one two three";
  var strPiece = strMessage.substr(4);
  //strPiece now contains "two three"

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quote:

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Originally posted by Matti
OOP-style.

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It uses JScript which is not the same as Javascript but awfully similar

quote:

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Originally posted by Volv
It uses JScript which is not the same as Javascript but awfully similar

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Mjeh, Plus! uses the JScript engine of the Windows Scripting Host which doesn't run in a browser and therefore doesn't have thewindow and document objects for interacting with the HTML document, but as for strings, numbers and other objects they're as good as identical for the beginning script developer.