Getting value from a string

[NZ_Kiwis]

I have a string such as

121. John T 123F

I want to know what the letter is at position 11 being (T) in this case and say also 16-18 being 123F

How can I do this?

[big_nerd]

KZ_Kiwis,

$str = "121. John T 123F";
echo substr($str,10,1); // 10 as it starts with 0 as the first char
// output "T"

// Note: This won't work well with the string you've described, as its not as long as you want (asking 16th-18th chars, also 16-18 is 2 chars, 123F is 4.)
echo substr($str,15,2); // again, starts at 0, but length of 2 chars..

// If you want the last 3 chars:

echo substr($str,-4,4); // last 4 chars.

echo substr($str,-3,3); // last 3 chars.

hope this was of some help.

[bradgrafelman]

As for the first part, $str[10] seems a lot easier/less typing IMHO.

[against]

as above, use $str[10] can fing 'T' //first letter of string is $str[0], '1'
16-18 ? i count...16,17,18...only 3 letters, '123F' are 4 letters?

and your string just 16 letters within, is there a tab in it?