How to get the first letters of a variable?

[MARBLE MAN]

%VAR = "cats and mice";
if (getSubStr(%VAR,0,1) $= "C" && getSubStr(%VAR,0,2) $= "A" && getSubStr(%VAR,0,3) $= "T")
that gets only "s and mice"

Is there a more efficient way of doing this?

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[Lugnut]

what do you want to do?

i don't understand.

[Kalphiter]

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%VAR = "cats and mice";
if(getSubStr(%VAR, 0, 1) $= "C" && getSubStr(%VAR, 1, 1) $= "A" && getSubStr(%VAR, 2, 1) $= "T")
    echo("success");

[Greek2me]

It's easier to just merge all that into one:

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%VAR = "cats and mice";
if(getSubStr(%VAR, 0, 3) $= "cat")
    echo("success");

[Kalphiter]

It's easier to just merge all that into one:

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%VAR = "cats and mice";
if(getSubStr(%VAR, 0, 3) $= "cat")
    echo("success");

That makes much more sense, but what does he want to do in addition?

that gets only "s and mice"

[MARBLE MAN]

im trying to do a client command thing
:P

-edit thanks greek!