In Haskell, how can I get a substring of a Text between two indices?

Question

I'm trying to fint the Haskell equivalent of the Python:

>>>"This is a test"[5:9]
'is a'

I'm using the Data.Text module, if that makes any difference.

Answer 1

Also, you can define the function in terms of Data.Text.take and drop, both functions from Data.Text library:

slice :: Int -> Int -> Text -> Text
slice a b = (Data.Text.take (b - a)) . (Data.Text.drop a)