DELETE¶

Deletes characters from a string.

Signature¶

    ┌─────────┐
IN ─┤         │
 L ─┤ DELETE  ├─ OUT
 P ─┤         │
    └─────────┘

FUNCTION DELETE : ANY_STRING
  VAR_INPUT
    IN : ANY_STRING;
    L  : ANY_INT;
    P  : ANY_INT;
  END_VAR
END_FUNCTION

The return type matches the type of IN. DELETE accepts STRING for IN; L and P are INT.

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
`IN`	`ANY_STRING`	The source string.
`L`	`INT`	Number of characters to delete.
`P`	`INT`	Starting position (1-based).

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
Return value	`ANY_STRING`	IN with L characters removed starting at position P. Same type as IN.

DELETE(IN, L, P) deletes L characters from IN starting at position P. Positions are 1-based.

Try it

Source

result := DELETE('Hello World', 6, 6);   (* result = 'Hello' *)
result := DELETE('ABCDE', 2, 2);         (* result = 'ADE' *)