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func strdel 

String delete.  Returns a string with a substring deleted from the source
string.

Syntax 

     strdel (source position length)

Formal Declaration 

     strdel:str (source:str position:u16 length:u16)

Parameters 

 source          The string from which to delete the substring.

 position        The index of the starting character to delete.  String
                 indices are 1-based.  (That is, indices are 1, 2,
                 3,...rather than 0, 1, 2,....)

 length          The number of characters to delete.  If this value is
                 larger than the actual number of characters in the
                 string, the string is deleted from the starting position
                 to the end without an error indication.

Examples 

     $nmdebug > = strdel("This is NOT fun", 9, 4) 
     "This is fun"

Starting at position 9, delete the next four characters.

     $nmdebug > wl strdel("Fishy, fishy, in the brook.", 13, 1000) 
     Fishy, fishy

Delete characters from position 13 to the end of the string.

Limitations, Restrictions 

none

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