substr function with termination character

Thanks Joe.

 

 

I wondered about that myself. Since "/" isn't a "special character", I figured it would actually be interpreted as a string and didn't require escaping or quoting.

 

 

when it didn't work, I tried it quoted, and either syntax was acceptable (to the parser at least.)

 

 

Is it always safe to quote a string? What is the recommended best practice?

 

 

thanks

 

/deb