Attention

IronPLC can only run very simple programs. The steps described are accurate but many language features are not yet supported.

DELETE

Deletes characters from a string.

IEC 61131-3

Section 2.5.1.5.7

Support

Not yet supported

Signatures

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Input (IN)

Input (L)

Input (P)

Return Type

Support

1

STRING

INT

INT

STRING

Not yet supported

2

WSTRING

INT

INT

WSTRING

Not yet supported

Description

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

Example

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

See Also

  • INSERT — string insertion

  • REPLACE — string replacement

  • MID — middle substring