Unicode Intrinsic Functions - DeleteSubstring Method

Delete part of a string

Member of Unicode Intrinsic Functions (PRIM_LIBI.IUnicodeIntrinsics)

Parameters

Name Type Data Type Description
Result *Result (Optional) Unicode String Resulting string
StartPosition *Input Integer Position at which to start deleting
Length *Input (Optional) Integer Number of bytes to delete

Details

DeleteSubstring deletes the characters in a string from the specified start position as far as the specified length. If a length is not specified, all characters after the start position will be deleted.

Example

In this example, if #String contained ?abcd?, the result would be ?acd?.
#Com_owner.Caption := #String.DeleteSubstring( 2 1)

See also

All Component Classes

Technical Reference

LANSA Version 15, April 2020