/**
 * Extracts a section of this string and returns it as a new string, without
 * modifying the original string. Equivalent to `String.prototype.slice`.
 *
 * @param data - The string to extract from.
 * @param indexStart - The index of the first character to include in the
 * returned substring.
 * @param indexEnd - The index of the first character to exclude from the
 * returned substring.
 * @returns A new string containing the extracted section of the string.
 * @signature
 *    R.sliceString(data, indexStart, indexEnd)
 * @example
 *    R.sliceString("abcdefghijkl", 1) // => `bcdefghijkl`
 *    R.sliceString("abcdefghijkl", 4, 7) // => `efg`
 * @dataLast
 * @category String
 */
declare function sliceString(data: string, indexStart: number, indexEnd?: number): string;
/**
 * Extracts a section of this string and returns it as a new string, without
 * modifying the original string. Equivalent to `String.prototype.slice`.
 *
 * @param indexStart - The index of the first character to include in the
 * returned substring.
 * @param indexEnd - The index of the first character to exclude from the
 * returned substring, or `undefined` for the rest of the string.
 * @returns A new string containing the extracted section of the string.
 * @signature
 *    R.sliceString(indexStart, indexEnd)(string)
 * @example
 *    R.sliceString(1)("abcdefghijkl") // => `bcdefghijkl`
 *    R.sliceString(4, 7)("abcdefghijkl") // => `efg`
 * @dataLast
 * @category String
 */
declare function sliceString(indexStart: number, indexEnd?: number): (data: string) => string;

export { sliceString };