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package stringmanip
// Substring provides a safe way to extract a substring from a UTF-8 string.
// From this discussion:
// https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/cGq1Irv_5Vs/0SKoj49BsWQJ
func Substring(s string, p, l int) string {
if p < 0 || l <= 0 {
return ""
}
c := []rune(s)
if p > len(c) {
return ""
} else if p+l > len(c) || p+l < p {
return string(c[p:])
}
return string(c[p : p+l])
}