Delstr   built-in function

The Delstr function returns the string that remains when a substring is removed from another string.

result = Delstr( string, offset [, length ] )

string

original string

offset

offset to begin substring removal. If offset exceeds the length of the string, the entire string is returned. The offset must be a positive whole number.

length

optional length of substring to remove. When the length argument is absent the remainder of the string is removed, including the character at the initial offset. The length must be a positive whole number.

Examples: say Delstr( 'Shazam', 5 ) -- shows: Shaz say Delstr( 'Shazam', 3, 2 ) -- shows: Sham say Delstr( 'Shazam', 5 ) -- shows: Shaz say Delstr( 'Shazam', 7 ) -- shows: Shazam