# substringAfter > Return the part of a string after a specified substring.
## Usage ```javascript var substringAfter = require( '@stdlib/string/substring-after' ); ``` #### substringAfter( str, search\[, fromIndex] ) Returns the part of a string after a specified substring. ```javascript var str = 'beep boop'; var out = substringAfter( str, 'o' ); // returns 'op' out = substringAfter( str, ' ' ); // returns 'boop' ``` By default, the search starts at the beginning of the string. To start searching from a different index, provide a `fromIndex` argument: ```javascript var str = 'boop baz boop'; var out = substringAfter( str, 'o', 3 ); // returns 'op' ```
## Notes - If a substring is not present in a provided string, the function returns an empty string. - If provided an empty substring, the function returns the input string. - If `fromIndex` is less than `0` or greater than `str.length`, the search starts at index `0` and `str.length`, respectively.
## Examples ```javascript var substringAfter = require( '@stdlib/string/substring-after' ); var str = 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.'; var out = substringAfter( str, ', ' ); // returns 'or not to be, that is the question.' out = substringAfter( str, 'to be' ); // returns ', that is the question.' out = substringAfter( str, 'question.' ); // returns '' out = substringAfter( str, 'xyz' ); // returns '' out = substringAfter( str, '' ); // returns 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.' ```
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## CLI
### Usage ```text Usage: substring-after [options] --search= [] Options: -h, --help Print this message. -V, --version Print the package version. --search string Search string. --from-index int Start index. Default: 0. --split sep Delimiter for stdin data. Default: '/\\r?\\n/'. ```
### Notes - If the split separator is a [regular expression][mdn-regexp], ensure that the `split` option is either properly escaped or enclosed in quotes. ```bash # Not escaped... $ echo -n $'foo\nbar\nbaz' | substring-after --search a --split /\r?\n/ # Escaped... $ echo -n $'foo\nbar\nbaz' | substring-after --search a --split /\\r?\\n/ ``` - The implementation ignores trailing delimiters.
### Examples ```bash $ substring-after abcdefg --search d efg ``` To use as a [standard stream][standard-streams], ```bash $ echo -n $'bar\nbaz' | substring-after --search b ar az ``` By default, when used as a [standard stream][standard-streams], the implementation assumes newline-delimited data. To specify an alternative delimiter, set the `split` option. ```bash $ echo -n 'bar\tbaz' | substring-after --search b --split '\t' ar az ```