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#### Description
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- Extracts the characters from the defined region of the input string.
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- Argument ` first ` and ` last ` defines the region for the function ` slice ` to operate.
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- If the defined region is invalid (user provides atleast one invalid index), ` first ` and
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- ` last ` indexes are converted to first and last valid indexes in this defined region respectively,
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+ Extracts the characters from the defined region of the input string by taking strides.
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+ Deduction Process:
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+ Function first automatically deduces the optional arguments that are not provided by the user.
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+ This process is independent of both input ` string ` and permitted indexes of Fortran.
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+ Deduced ` first ` and ` last ` argument take +infinity or -infinity value whereas deduced ` stride ` argument takes +1 or -1 value.
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+ Validation Process:
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+ Argument ` first ` and ` last ` defines this region for extraction by function ` slice ` .
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+ If the defined region is invalid i.e. region contains atleast one invalid index, ` first ` and
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+ ` last ` are converted to first and last valid indexes in this defined region respectively,
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if no valid index exists in this region an empty string is returned.
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+ ` stride ` can attain both negative or positive values but when the only invalid value
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+ 0 is given, it is converted to 1.
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- ` stride ` can attain both negative or positive values but when the invalid value
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- 0 is given, it is converted to 1.
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- Extraction starts from ` first ` index and takes stride of length ` stride ` .
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- Extraction starts only if ` last ` index is crossable from ` first ` index by taking
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- stride of length ` stride ` and is active until ` last ` index is crossed.
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- Function automatically deduces the optional arguments that are not provided by the user.
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+ Extraction Process:
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+ After all this, extraction starts from ` first ` index and takes stride of length ` stride ` .
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+ Extraction starts only if ` last ` index is crossable from ` first ` index with stride ` stride `
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+ and remains active until ` last ` index is crossed.
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#### Syntax
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