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String delete. Returns a string with a substring deleted from the source string.
Syntax
strdel (source position length)
Formal Declaration
strdel:str (source:str position:u16 length:u16)
Parameters
- source
The string from which to delete the substring.
- position
The index of the starting character to delete. String indices are
1-based. (That is, indices are 1, 2, 3, ... rather than 0, 1, 2, ....)
- length
The number of characters to delete. If this value is larger than the
actual number of characters in the string, the string is deleted from the
starting position to the end without an error indication.
Examples
$nmdebug > = strdel("This is NOT fun", 9, 4)
"This is fun"
Starting at position 9, delete the next four characters.
$nmdebug > wl strdel("Fishy, fishy, in the brook.", 13, 1000)
Fishy, fishy
Delete characters from position 13 to the end of the string.
Limitations, Restrictions
none
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