BEGIN { x = "A" printf("%-39s\n", substr(x,1,39)) print substr("abcdef", 0, 2) print substr("abcdef", 2.3, 2) print substr("abcdef", -1, 2) print substr("abcdef", 1, 0) print substr("abcdef", 1, -3) print substr("abcdef", 1, 2.3) print substr("", 1, 2) print substr("abcdef", 5, 5) print substr("abcdef", 7, 2) exit (0) }