Groovy substring extraction with 12 examples covering substring(), subscript operator, take(), drop(), and negative indices. Tested on Groovy 5.x. “Extracting the right piece of a string is like cutting a diamond – precision matters, and the right tool makes all the difference.” Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming Last Updated: March 2026 | Tested on: Groovy 5.x, Java 17+ | Difficulty: Beginner to Intermediate | Reading Time: 16 minutes When you’re working with strings in Groovy, one of the ... Read More