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delete( source: String; startchar, count: Integer ) : String;

 

Deletes count characters from source starting at startchar to create a new string. The first character of a string has an index = 1.

 

Parameters

 

source

string value

startchar

starting index into source (integer)

count

number of characters to delete

 

var s: string;

 

s := 'abcdefg';

 

Delete( s, 4, 4 );

 

//s is now equal to 'abc';