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-rw-r--r--core/ustring.cpp3
-rw-r--r--core/ustring.h2
-rw-r--r--core/variant_call.cpp2
-rw-r--r--doc/classes/String.xml4
4 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/core/ustring.cpp b/core/ustring.cpp
index 35b817b1d2..686aa6f8e3 100644
--- a/core/ustring.cpp
+++ b/core/ustring.cpp
@@ -2331,6 +2331,9 @@ String String::insert(int p_at_pos, const String &p_string) const {
}
String String::substr(int p_from, int p_chars) const {
+ if (p_chars == -1)
+ p_chars = length() - p_from;
+
if (empty() || p_from < 0 || p_from >= length() || p_chars <= 0)
return "";
diff --git a/core/ustring.h b/core/ustring.h
index 5b9be9f27c..ecf934a26b 100644
--- a/core/ustring.h
+++ b/core/ustring.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public:
}
/* complex helpers */
- String substr(int p_from, int p_chars) const;
+ String substr(int p_from, int p_chars = -1) const;
int find(const String &p_str, int p_from = 0) const; ///< return <0 if failed
int find(const char *p_str, int p_from = 0) const; ///< return <0 if failed
int find_char(const CharType &p_char, int p_from = 0) const; ///< return <0 if failed
diff --git a/core/variant_call.cpp b/core/variant_call.cpp
index 5d5f18926f..dc28f1ca02 100644
--- a/core/variant_call.cpp
+++ b/core/variant_call.cpp
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ void register_variant_methods() {
ADDFUNC1R(STRING, INT, String, casecmp_to, STRING, "to", varray());
ADDFUNC1R(STRING, INT, String, nocasecmp_to, STRING, "to", varray());
ADDFUNC0R(STRING, INT, String, length, varray());
- ADDFUNC2R(STRING, STRING, String, substr, INT, "from", INT, "len", varray());
+ ADDFUNC2R(STRING, STRING, String, substr, INT, "from", INT, "len", varray(-1));
ADDFUNC2R(STRING, INT, String, find, STRING, "what", INT, "from", varray(0));
diff --git a/doc/classes/String.xml b/doc/classes/String.xml
index af7e5a395a..ff0572f384 100644
--- a/doc/classes/String.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/String.xml
@@ -757,10 +757,10 @@
</return>
<argument index="0" name="from" type="int">
</argument>
- <argument index="1" name="len" type="int">
+ <argument index="1" name="len" type="int" default="-1">
</argument>
<description>
- Returns part of the string from the position [code]from[/code] with length [code]len[/code].
+ Returns part of the string from the position [code]from[/code] with length [code]len[/code]. Argument [code]len[/code] is optional and using -1 will return remaining characters from given position.
</description>
</method>
<method name="to_ascii">