Getting slices from strings, how to make it work?

Local sSource:String
Local sTest:String
sSource = "This is a test"

sTest = sSource[1]

Print sTest
Print sSource[1]

given that source code

if i run it, it prints

104
104

and not

h
h

which is what i was expecting

why is that? And how do i fix it without using Mid (i want to use slices)

How come

Print sSource[1..] prints

his is a test

but

Print sSource[1..1] prints nothing?

I'm confused.


Note: I've search the site and the examples/posts i found described this as working:

http://www.blitzmax.com/Community/posts.php?topic=59682#665364

print sSource[..1]?

.. what if i want the 5th character

i dont want to print it either, its just for debut purposes

I want it to be assigned to sTest

so if i print sTest, it will show the correct string

sSource[5..6]

Or it might be [4..5], I can't be bothered to check at the moment. You can probably figure it out from there.

As for getting a number from s[i], s[i] returns the unicode character, not a string.

Print sSource[4..5]

. (too slow)

So basicaly, slicing ( [a..b] ) works from a to b-1?

... from a for length (b-a)...
.. Blitzmax help files.

thanks alot