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<h1>strremove</h1>

<p>
Deletes a string. <em>(version 4.67 or later)</em>
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<h2>Format</h2>

<pre class="macro-syntax">
strremove &lt;strvar&gt; &lt;index&gt; &lt;len&gt;
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<h2>Remarks</h2>

<p>
Deletes a specified number &lt;len&gt; of characters from the string variable &lt;strvar&gt; beginning at a specified position &lt;index&gt;(1-origin).
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<h2>Example</h2>

<pre class="macro-example">
s = '123abc456'
strremove s 4 3  ; '123456'
messagebox s s

s = '123abc456'
strremove s 1 3  ; 'abc456'
messagebox s s

s = '123abc456'
strremove s -1 3 ; Syntax error
messagebox s s

s = '123abc456'
strremove s 0 3  ; Syntax error
messagebox s s

s = '123abc456'
strremove s 9 1  ; '123abc45'
messagebox s s

s = '123abc456'
strremove s 9 2  ; Syntax error
messagebox s s

s = '123abc456'
strremove s 10 1 ; Syntax error
messagebox s s

s = '123abc456'
strremove s 4 0  ; Syntax error
messagebox s s
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<h2>See also</h2>
<ul>
  <li><a href="strmatch.html">strmatch</a></li>
  <li><a href="strreplace.html">strreplace</a></li>
  <li><a href="strinsert.html">strinsert</a></li>
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