Author: Peter Bowyer Date: To: exim users Subject: Re: [exim] $extract question
On 10/07/05, Andrew <andrew@???> wrote: > Hi All,
>
> I am trying to extract the first character of a string (i'm using exim 4.50)
>
> I have see the definition of extract, and it requires a seperator...I
> have tried leaving it blank -
> ${extract{1}{}{abcdefg}}
>
> But I still get "abcdefg" (but I want just "a").
>
> I looked through the manual, but could not find any function that will
> do this? (my other alternative is to run an external command, but I
> would like to save the cpu cycles and complexity) :)
>
>
> Any suggestions?
