---
name: "Prelude.NegativeLengthString"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaya"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Prelude.NegativeLengthString"
---

# Prelude.NegativeLengthString(3kaya)

Negative string length specified

## NAME

Prelude::NegativeLengthString - Negative string length specified

## SYNOPSIS

**Prelude::NegativeLengthString(** *Int* **)**

## DESCRIPTION

If **Prelude.substr (3kaya)** is called in a way that would require the generation of a string with negative length (either because the length asked for is negative, or because the starting index is after the end of the string), this Exception will be thrown.

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

## RELATED

**Prelude.substr (3kaya)**