Module:String

local p = {}

function p.length( frame )

   local arg1 = frame.args[1]
   return string.len( arg1 )

end

function p.sub( frame )

   local arg1 = frame.args[1]
   local arg2 = tonumber( frame.args[2] )
   local arg3 = tonumber( frame.args[3] )
   if arg2 and arg3 then
       local first = arg2 + 1
       local last  = arg2 + arg3
       return string.sub( arg1, first, last )
   else
       return ""
   end

end

--[[ This function implements that features of Template:Str sub old and is kept in order to maintain these older templates. ]] function p.sublength( frame )

   local i = tonumber( frame.args.i ) or 0
   local len = tonumber( frame.args.len )
   return mw.ustring.sub( frame.args.s, i + 1, len and ( i + len ) )

end

return p