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=={{header|AppleScript}}==

<lang applescript>set aString to "This is some text"

set stringLength to (count aString) -- The number of characters in the text.

-- AppleScript indices are 1-based. Ranges can be specified in several different ways.

if (stringLength > 1) then

set substring1 to text 2 thru stringLength of aString

-- set substring1 to text 2 thru -1 of aString

-- set substring1 to text 2 thru end of aString

-- set substring1 to text from character 2 to character stringLength of aString

-- set substring1 to aString's text from 2 to -1

-- Some combination of the above.

else

set substring1 to ""

end if

if (stringLength > 1) then

set substring2 to text 1 thru -2 of aString

else

set substring2 to ""

end if

if (stringLength > 2) then

set substring3 to text 2 thru -2 of aString

else

set substring3 to ""

end if

return substring1 & linefeed & substring2 & linefeed & substring3</lang>

{{output}}

<pre>"his is some text

This is some tex

his is some tex"</pre>