Slice vs Substr vs Substring vs [ ] Methods (v147)

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Slice (long)
longString.slice(0, 5);
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Substring (long)
longString.substring(0,5);
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[ ] (long)
for (i = 0; i < longString.length; i++) {
  for (j = 0; j < len; j++) {
    longString[i + j];
  }
}
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Substr (long)
longString.substr(0, 5);
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charAt (long)
for (i = 0; i < longString.length; i++) {
  for (j = 0; j < len; j++) {
    longString.charAt(i + j);
  }
}
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