julia> s = "abcdefg" "abcdefg" julia> n = 3 3 julia> s[n:end] "cdefg" julia> m=2 2 julia> s[n:n+m] "cde" julia> s[1:end-1] "abcdef" julia> s[search(s,'c')] 'c' julia> s[search(s,'c'):search(s,'c')+m] "cde"