# SubString doesn't work with unicode

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/substring-doesnt-work-with-unicode/40976>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question, unicode\
**Created:** [June 8, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/substring-doesnt-work-with-unicode/40976 "2020-06-08T08:16:50Z")\
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> [@rafael.guerra](#):
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> From the linked PR, how can we know where/when it is ready to be used? Thank you.

Look in the `NEWS.md` patch in that PR—it’s slated for Julia 1.9.

See also this discussion and my answers therein: [Substring function?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/substring-function/76675)

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