slice - Liquid Filter Reference

Description

Returns a substring of one character or series of list items beginning at the index specified by the first argument. An optional second argument specifies the length of the substring or number of list items to be returned.

Examples

liquid {{ "Earthquake" | slice: 0 }}

Output: E

liquid {{ "Earthquake" | slice: 2 }}

Output: r

liquid {{ "Earthquake" | slice: 2, 5 }}

Output: rthqu

Here the input value is an list

liquid {{ an_list | slice: 1, 2 }}

Output: waterair

If the first argument is a negative number, the indices are counted from the end of the string

liquid {{ "Earthquake" | slice: -3, 2 }}

Output: ak