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@@ -73,8 +73,13 @@ TOUPPER/TOLOWER will convert string to upper/lower characters.
LENGTH will return a given string's length.
-SUBSTRING will return a substring of a given string. If length is -1
+SUBSTRING will return a substring of a given string. If length is -1
the remainder of the string starting at begin will be returned.
+If string is shorter than length then end of string is used instead.
+
+.. note::
+ CMake 3.1 and below reported an error if length pointed past
+ the end of string.
STRIP will return a substring of a given string with leading and
trailing spaces removed.