StringPart
StringPart["string",n] gives the nth character in "string".
StringPart["string",{n1,n2,…}] gives a list of the nith characters in "string".
StringPart["string",m;;n;;s] gives a list of the characters in "string" from the mth through the nth in steps of s.
StringPart[{s1,s2,…},spec] gives the list of results for each of the si.
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