RosettaCodeData/Task/Middle-three-digits/Tcl/middle-three-digits-1.tcl

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Tcl

proc middleThree n {
if {$n < 0} {
set n [expr {-$n}]
}
set idx [expr {[string length $n] - 2}]
if {$idx % 2 == 0} {
error "no middle three digits: input is of even length"
}
if {$idx < 1} {
error "no middle three digits: insufficient digits"
}
set idx [expr {$idx / 2}]
string range $n $idx [expr {$idx+2}]
}