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PosDel()

Deletes character(s) at a specified position in a string.

Syntax

PosDel( <cString>, [<nPos>], [<nCount>] ) --> cResult

Arguments

<cString>

This is the character string to delete one or more characters from.

<nPos>

This is the numeric ordinal position of the first character in <cString> to start deleting from. It defaults to the last character (Len(<cString>)).

<nCount>

A numeric value specifies the number of characters to delete. The default value is 1 character.

Return

The function removes the requested numnber of characters and returns the modified string.

Info

See also:	AtRepl(), PosIns(), PosRange(), Stuff()
Category:	CT:String manipulation , Character functions
Source:	ct\pos2.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll

Example

// The example displays results of PosDel()

   PROCEDURE Main
      LOCAL cString := "xHarbour"

      ? PosDel( cString )         // result: xHarbou

      ? PosDel( cString, 3, 2 )   // result: xHbour

      ? PosDel( cString,  , 3 )   // result: xHarb
   RETURN