TypeError: Type string calldata slice is not implicitly convertible to expected type string memory

Question

I want to slice a string and save it to a memory or storage variable.

Is this possible?

function test(string calldata _input) external{        
    string memory something = _input[1:3];
}

I am getting the following error:

TypeError: Type string calldata slice is not implicitly convertible to expected type string memory

Answer 1

You can explicitly cast it to a string memory by wrapping it in string():

  function test(string calldata _input) external{        
    string memory something = string(_input[1:3]);
  }