is is possible to split() from the nth character?

beccarose

Hey,

I'm using p5.js and would like to split a string I get from JSON data when it gets to a certain length. At the moment I can see that split() needs a specific character to split the string. Is there a way to split a string after say a number of characters (i.e. split the string after 40 chars) or a width (i.e. split the string after 800px).

I know that it is possible to do this in javascript (thanks google) but I wouldn't know how to integrate this into P5.JS.

help much appreciated

Thank you :)

GoToLoop

There are String's methods substring() & substr():

1. https://developer.Mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/substring
2. https://developer.Mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/substr
3. https://forum.Processing.org/two/discussion/13611/what-is-substring-s-equivalence-in-p5js

beccarose

That worked. thanks (I din't realise you could just use JS stuff directly with P5.js...useful to know though!

GoToLoop

Yep! Same for standard Processing, but the Java API instead: ~O)

1. http://docs.Oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/index.html
2. https://developer.Mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript